- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०४८ BS · 1991 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १४: परराष्ट्र, शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद · Volume 14: Foreign Affairs, Education and Sports
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act set up Kathmandu University, headquartered in Dhulikhel, as an autonomous, non-government university for higher education and research in arts, science, management, technology and other fields. It can own property, run schools (faculty units) and grant affiliation to colleges.कला, विज्ञान, व्यवस्थापन, प्रविधिलगायतका क्षेत्रमा उच्च शिक्षा र अनुसन्धानका लागि गैरसरकारी क्षेत्रमा धुलिखेलमा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने गरी स्वशासित संस्थाका रूपमा काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय स्थापना भएको हो। यसले सम्पत्ति राख्न, स्कुल सञ्चालन गर्न र कलेजलाई सम्बन्धन दिन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Preamble; Sections 3, 5, 17, pp. 1–9
- The Prime Minister is Chancellor and chairs the University Assembly, the supreme body, which includes the education minister as Pro-Chancellor, the vice-chancellor, government secretaries, deans, local mayors, donors, scholars (including women), teachers and a student. The Chancellor can inspect and give directions and can annul actions contrary to the Act. The Vice-Chancellor, the chief administrator, is appointed by the Chancellor for four years on the recommendation of a three-member committee formed by the Assembly; an executive council chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and an academic council run day-to-day and academic affairs.प्रधानमन्त्री कुलपति हुन्छन् र सर्वोच्च निकाय विश्वविद्यालय सभाको अध्यक्षता गर्छन्; सभामा शिक्षामन्त्री (सहकुलपति), उपकुलपति, सरकारी सचिव, डीन, स्थानीय नगरप्रमुख, चन्दादाता, विद्वान (महिलासहित), शिक्षक र विद्यार्थी प्रतिनिधि रहन्छन्। कुलपतिले निरीक्षण गरी निर्देशन दिन र ऐनविपरीतका काम रद्द गर्न सक्छन्। प्रमुख प्रशासकीय पदाधिकारी उपकुलपति सभाले गठन गरेको तीन सदस्यीय समितिको सिफारिसमा कुलपतिबाट चार वर्षका लागि नियुक्त हुन्छन्; उपकुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा कार्यकारी परिषद् र प्राज्ञिक परिषद्ले दैनिक र प्राज्ञिक काम हेर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 4–9, pp. 2–5; Sections 13–14, pp. 6–7
- Admission requires passing the prescribed exam. Since the 2077 amendment, higher education at the University and its constituent and community colleges is free for Dalit, marginalised, disabled and economically poor students meeting set criteria (once per level), seats are reserved for Dalits in technical and vocational programmes, and students who studied grades 6–10 in community schools get scholarships under the law. Accounts are audited by an auditor appointed by the Assembly, and if the University is dissolved its property goes to the government.भर्ना हुन तोकिएको परीक्षा उत्तीर्ण गर्नुपर्छ। २०७७ को संशोधनपछि विश्वविद्यालय र मातहतका आङ्गिक तथा सामुदायिक शैक्षिक संस्थामा तोकिएको मापदण्ड पूरा गर्ने दलित, सीमान्तकृत, अपाङ्गता भएका र आर्थिक रूपले विपन्न विद्यार्थीलाई प्रत्येक तहमा एक पटक निःशुल्क उच्च शिक्षा, प्राविधिक र व्यावसायिक उच्च शिक्षामा दलितका लागि सिट आरक्षण, र कक्षा ६ देखि १० सम्म सामुदायिक विद्यालयमा पढेकालाई कानूनबमोजिम छात्रवृत्ति दिइन्छ। लेखापरीक्षण सभाले नियुक्त गरेको लेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ, र विघटन भएमा सम्पत्ति नेपाल सरकारको हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 19–21, pp. 9–10
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.