Mu mwaka wa 2018, Nepal yashyizeho itegeko rigamije gutuma amashuri yisumbuye aba ubuntu ku banyeshuri bose. Ariko nubwo ayo mategeko akiriho, abanyeshuri bo mu mashuri ya Leta n'ayigenga bakomeje kwishyura amafaranga y'iyandikisha, ibizamini, impamyabumenyi n'ibindi bikorwa bya Leta.
Raporo igaragaza ko umunyeshuri umwe ashobora kwishyura amafaranga arenga Rs5,000 hagati y'icyiciro cya 9 n'icya 12. Kubera ko buri mwaka abanyeshuri bari hagati ya 400,000 na 600,000 binjira muri ibyo byiciro, Leta ikusanya amafaranga arenga miliyari Rs2.5 buri mwaka.
Ababyeyi n'abanyeshuri bavuga ko ibi binyuranyije n'isezerano rya Leta ryo gutanga uburezi bw'ubuntu. Hari n'abavuga ko amashuri amwe yongera amafaranga arenze ayo Leta yategetse, bigatuma umutwaro ku miryango urushaho kwiyongera.
Ku ruhande rwa National Examinations Board, abayobozi bavuga ko ayo mafaranga akenewe kugira ngo ibikorwa by'ibizamini bikomeze gukora. Bavuga ko amafaranga yishyurwa afasha gutegura ibizamini, gutangaza amanota no gucunga ibikorwa by'ikigo, kuko Leta idatanga ingengo y'imari ihagije.
Ariko abahoze bayobora Minisiteri y'Uburezi bavuga ko iyi gahunda inyuranyije n'amategeko. Uwahoze ari Minisitiri w'Uburezi, Bidya Bhattarai, yavuze ko yari yarateguye gahunda yo gukuraho ayo mafaranga, ariko ntiyashyizwe mu bikorwa mbere y'uko ava ku mirimo.
Ibiro by'Umugenzuzi Mukuru w'Imari wa Leta (Auditor General) na byo byagaragaje ko gukomeza kwishyuza ayo mafaranga binyuranyije n'Itegeko Nshinga n'amategeko agenga uburezi bw'ubuntu.
Abahanga mu burezi bavuga ko ikibazo nyamukuru ari uko Leta itarashyira amafaranga ahagije mu rwego rw'uburezi, bigatuma inzego zishinzwe ibizamini zikomeza kwishingikiriza ku mafaranga yishyurwa n'abanyeshuri.
Iki kibazo cyongeye kugaragaza itandukaniro riri hagati y'amategeko n'ishyirwa ryayo mu bikorwa. Nubwo Nepal yemereye abaturage uburezi bw'ubuntu kugeza mu mashuri yisumbuye, abanyeshuri baracyishyuzwa amafaranga menshi.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko gukuraho ayo mafaranga no kongera ishoramari rya Leta mu burezi ari byo byatuma iryo sezerano rigerwaho koko.
Source:The Kathmandu Post – Nepal government collects billions from students despite free education laws (24 Nyakanga 2026).