How to get a Kathmandu Metropolitan scholarship?
Kathmandu Metropolitan scholarship
The Kathmandu Metropolitan Scholarship program is for Grade 11 and Grade 12. This program was launched in 2023 by Balendra Shah (when he was a mayor in Kathmandu Metropolitan).
The purpose of launching the scholarship program is to strictly enforce 10% mandatory scholarship quotas in private/institutional schools, replacing informal selection processes with a transparent, centralized merit-based entrance examination.
The Total Seat 4,624 scholarship seats across 390 private schools (by stream: Management 2,493, Science 1,752, Humanities 173, Law 136, Education 70).
This Kathamandu Metropolitan Scholarship is totally free of cost for application.
A minimum GPA of 1.6 in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE), plus meeting community school, 10% private-school scholarship, or KMC/landfill-area residency rules.
To check the GPA, check through NEB GPA CALCULATOR
Quota Distribution:
- General Category (60%): 40% from community schools, 14% KMC permanent residents, 5% institutional school scholarship holders, and 1% landfill-site affected areas.
- Inclusion Categories (45% total): Girls, indigenous groups, Madheshi, Khas Arya, Dalit, Tharu, Muslims, martyr families, and remote districts
How to get a Kathmandu Metropolitan scholarship form?
You can apply through the online portal.
Click : Kathmandu Metropolitan Scholarship
Scholarship Seat
- Science: 2,266 seats
- Management: 1,401 seats
- Law: 50 seats
- Humanities: 12 seats
- Education: 6 seats
Exam Format
100 multiple-choice questions (30 math, 30 science, 30 English, 10 general knowledge) based on the Class 10 curriculum, lasting 2 hours with a 40% passing mark and no negative marking.
- Science & Technology: 30 questions
- Compulsory Mathematics: 30 questions
- English: 30 questions
- General Knowledge (GK) / Social Studies: 10 questions
- Total: 100 questions (100 marks)
- Passing Marks: 40%
Kathmandu Metropolitan Scholarship documents are required
- SEE Admit Card
- Recent passport-sized photograph
- Citizenship certificate or birth registration certificate (and a migration certificate if applicable)
- SEE Mark Sheet, Transcript, and Character Certificate
- Recommendation Letter (KMC format):
- Schedule 1: For students who studied in a community/public school.
- Schedule 2: For students who studied on a scholarship in an institutional (private) school.
- Residency / Location Proof:
- For Kathmandu Metropolitan City residents: Citizenship, birth registration, or Basai Sarai (migration) certificate.
- For landfill site-affected areas (e.g., Nuwakot or Dhunibeshi): Citizenship, birth certificate, and a ward recommendation letter.
- Reservation-Related Supporting Documents:
- Certificates for reserved groups (such as female, indigenous, Dalit, or disabled quotas, or Section 7 criteria for landfill-affected areas) issued by the relevant ward, municipality, or local authority.
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