KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) said it will ask all schools in Kathmandu to install the national flag. The KMC will also ask the schools to have their name plates written in the Devanagari script.

The KMC said it is making this provision since several schools have been found using English names.

According to KMC spokesperson Ishwar Man Dangol, all schools, both private and community, have to fly the national flag at the school courtyard. This has been aimed at promoting patriotic sentiments, he said.

A total of 91 public schools and around 643 private schools are in KMC.