Seven prominent Nepali universities including Tribhuvan University (TU) have jointly mandated a minimum 10 percent full scholarship across all constituent and affiliated colleges starting from the 2083/084 academic session. This collective initiative guarantees fully-funded seats specifically reserved for meritorious, underprivileged, and marginalized students.
The directives have been issued to ensure strict enforcement during the upcoming academic year. According to university protocols, institutions must leave 10 percent of their total approved student intake vacant to accommodate selected scholarship recipients under established institutional guidelines.
Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel, hailed the move as a transformative advancement toward educational equity. Highlighting its continuity with previous municipal reforms, Pokharel noted that the successful implementation of similar scholarship models in Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s school system inspired this expansion into higher education.
"This is another significant milestone toward guaranteeing educational access, equal opportunity, and social justice across our academic institutions," stated Minister Pokharel.
This higher education mandate follows rigorous monitoring by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, which recently directed local governments to penalize private and public schools failing to comply with existing legal scholarship quotas.
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