Kathmandu, Dec. 23 -- Kathmandu Metropolitan City has issued a notice asking 107 schools that are not currently in operation to come into contact, warning that steps will be taken to shut them down if they fail to respond.

In a notice issued on Tuesday, the metropolis' education department warned that it will move to cancel the approval of schools that fail to come into contact. The notice also includes a list of schools that were previously authorised to operate but are currently not in operation.

According to the notice, a decision taken by the Metropolitan City Education Committee on September 13 authorised the education department to conduct field inspections, verification and confirmation of such schools and to forward a proposal t...