Grades 1–5
Junior School
The foundations: Nepali, English, mathematics and the beginnings of the sciences.
Founded 1974 · Entrance examination in Magh
Fifty-two years of academic distinction
Standing tall in the valley for over half a century, Kanchenjunga Collegiate School pairs rigorous academics with traditional collegiate discipline, house mentorship, and modern laboratory learning.
“Sapientia et Virtus” — Wisdom and virtue
4 housesSince the first assembly
9,400Alumni on the register
87Distinctions in the last NEB series
At a glance
The record of a Kanchenjunga education
1,060
Students, Grades 1 to 12
92
Members of the teaching faculty
52
Years of unbroken teaching
87
NEB distinctions this year
The collegiate school
A scholarly tradition, kept deliberately unfashionable
Kanchenjunga Collegiate School was founded in 1974 in Kupondole, Lalitpur, built to offer demanding academic scholarship paired with traditional collegiate discipline. Fifty-two years later we still teach with the same intellectual rigor, and we still read the roll aloud every morning.
The house system, the prefects, the Saturday lecture and the leaving examination have all survived. What changed is everything behind them: modern digital laboratories, a dedicated computing block, and an experienced faculty of ninety-two.
9,400
Alumni
4
Houses
The house system
Kanchenjunga, Kumbhakarna, Jannu and Pathibhara — every student belongs to one for life.
Scholarship first
Every subject examined internally twice a year, in the hall, in silence.
Masters who stay
The average member of faculty has taught here for fourteen years.
52
Years
From the Principal’s desk
Message from the Principal
Principal
“We are not interested in being modern. We are interested in being right.”
Principal since 2021 and a master of physics here since 2008. He has read the roll at every morning assembly he has been present for.
Prof. Hari Bahadur Rai
Principal
Why us
Why families choose Kanchenjunga
The reasons Lalitpur families have given for fifty-two years, in the order parents usually give them.
Masters who stay
The average member of faculty has taught here for fourteen years.
A record in the boards
Eighty-seven NEB distinctions in the last series, and a full SEE pass.
Tutorials of eight
Saturday tutorials from Grade 9 — compulsory, small and free.
Laboratories and an observatory
Three laboratories and the only school observatory in the district.
No child refused on cost
Forty-one students on full fee remission this year, preserving our founding commitment.
A house for life
Four houses, and a place in one for every student from the first assembly.
Academics
The course of study
Twelve years, four divisions, and one leaving examination at the end of each.
Grades 6–8
Middle School
Subject masters take over, the laboratories open, and the first house colours are awarded.
Grades 9–10
Senior School
Two years of preparation for the SEE, with compulsory Saturday tutorials from Ashwin.
Grades 11–12
The Higher Secondary
NEB Science, Management and Humanities, with the university counselling office attached.
Hall of fame
Results in the leaving examinations
Last session’s SEE and NEB results, read out in the main hall as they have been since 1974.
100%
SEE pass, 2081
87
NEB distinctions
24
SEE GPA 3.6 and above
3.93
Highest NEB GPA
SEE 2081
GPA4.00
Pema Sherpa
GPA3.95
Anusha Limbu
GPA3.93
Sujan Rai
NEB Grade 12 · 2081
GPA3.93
Rojina Subba
Science
GPA3.86
Bibek Gurung
Management
GPA3.81
Srijana Tamang
Humanities
Beyond the classroom
Life outside the timetable
The houses
Four houses, one cup, fifty-two years of argument
Points are awarded for athletics, debate, drama, music and academic standing. The cup has been won by Jannu nineteen times, which the other three houses do not consider settled.
AthleticsDebateDrama
See school life Service
Every senior student serves
Grades 11 and 12 teach evening literacy classes in three Lalitpur community centres, run the library, and take the junior school’s reading hour. It is a requirement, not a club.
Literacy programmeLibrary dutyReading hour
Valued voices
From the college community
My father sat his leaving examination in that hall in 1981. My daughter sat hers in the same room last Poush. Very little needed to be explained to either of them.
“The Saturday tutorials are hard on a fifteen-year-old and I complained about them for a year. She got a distinction in additional mathematics, so I have stopped.”
“What the college gave me was the habit of finishing things. I have not found a better thing to be given.”
Upcoming events
Important dates on the school calendar
Notices
News & notices
Stay up to date with everything happening at Kanchenjunga Collegiate School.
Register for the Magh examination
Registration opens in Poush at the college office. Past papers from the last five years are available to any family who asks for them.