Overview
- India has committed Nepali Rupees 560.2 million for the construction of 14 schools and signed project agreements with Nepal’s Central Level Project Implementation Unit‑Education under the Ministry of Education and Sports.
- The schools will be sited in eight hard‑hit districts — Gorkha, Nuwakot, Dhading, Dolakha, Kathmandu, Kavrepalanchowk, Ramechhap and Sindhupalchok — areas that suffered heavy damage in past major earthquakes.
- New buildings are to be built to Nepal’s official earthquake‑resilient reconstruction norms and will include academic blocks, furnished classrooms and separate sanitation facilities for boys and girls.
- The announcement updates India’s multi‑year recovery effort that previously completed and handed over 70 schools and the Tribhuvan University Central Library in 2024, but the new work is at the funding and agreement stage with construction to be carried out under Nepali project management.
- If delivered as planned, the project should improve school safety and access for local students and could deepen India‑Nepal cooperation on reconstruction while leaving authorities to manage timelines, quality control and local implementation risks.