Constitution of Nepal 2015, as amended to 2020
Education
  • English
    (1) Every citizen shall have the right of access to basic education.
    (2) Every citizen shall have the right to get compulsory and free education up to the basic level and free education up to the secondary level from the State.

    (5) Every Nepalese community residing in Nepal shall have the right to get education in its mother tongue and, for that purpose, to open and operate schools and educational institutes, in accordance with law. (Art. 31)
  • Nepali
    (१) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई आधारभूत शिक्षामा पहुँचको हक हुनेछ ।
    (२) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई राज्यबाट आधारभूत तहसम्मको शिक्षा अनिवार्य र निःशुल्क तथा माध्यमिक तहसम्मको शिक्षा निःशुल्क पाउने हक हुनेछ ।

    (५) नेपालमा बसोबास गर्ने प्रत्येक नेपाली समुदायलाई कानून बमोजिम आफ्नो मातृभाषामा शिक्षा पाउने र त्यसका लागि विद्यालय तथा शैक्षिक संस्था खोल्ने र सञ्चालन गर्ने हक हुनेछ । (धारा ३१)
Education
  • English


    (5) Women shall have the right to obtain special opportunity in education, … on the basis of positive discrimination.
    … (Art. 38)

  • Nepali


    (५) महिलालाई शिक्षा, … मा सकारात्मक विभेदका आधारमा विशेष अवसर प्राप्त गर्ने हक हुनेछ ।
    … (धारा ३८)

Education
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    (2) Provision of free education with scholarship, from primary to higher education, shall be made by law for the Dalit students. Special provision shall be made by law for the Dalit in technical and vocational education.
    … (Art. 40)
  • Nepali

    (२) दलित विद्यार्थीलाई प्राथमिकदेखि उच्च शिक्षासम्म कानून बमोजिम छात्रवृत्ति सहित निःशुल्क शिक्षाको व्यवस्था गरिनेछ । प्राविधिक र व्यावसायिक उच्च शिक्षामा दलितका लागि कानून बमोजिम विशेष व्यवस्था गरिनेछ ।
    … (धारा ४०)
Education
  • English


    8. Basic and secondary education
    ... (Schedule 8, List of Local Level Powers)

  • Nepali


    (८) आधारभूत र माध्यमिक शिक्षा
    ... (अनुसूची–८, स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको सूची)

Education
  • English


    2. Education,
    … (Schedule 9, List of concurrent Powers/Jurisdiction for Federation, Province and Local Level)

  • Nepali


    (२) शिक्षा,
    ... (अनुसूची–९, संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको साझा सूची)

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Constitution of Nepal 2015, as amended to 2020 (English). According to Art. 7(1): “The Nepali language in the Devnagari script shall be the official language of Nepal.”

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