All sentimentalities and fatalistic "ke garne" tendencies aside, if one is to rank the schools of Nepal, two things need to be in place: 1. A non-partition body, be it governmental or newspaper affiliated or some civil society, who has sufficient credentials and credibility to do an objective study in this field. 2. Number of verifiable criteria and transparent methodology to rank the schools. A good place to start would be to research how US News does its ranking of academic institutions in the US; however, by itself, that would not be sufficient as Nepali situation, culture and other variables need to be taken into account. This exercise might be beneficial to Nepali society as a whole; as this could provide a general guideline and standard on better education. Furthermore, this will create a healthy competition among schools, which can only benefit the students. What will not work: Ranking by SLC results obviously is flawed. It is a good thing that they removed the stupid board 1-10 ranking. Ranking by who shouts the most and loudest here at Sajha is even more flawed ;-) I could yell from the top of my roof till I turn blue that BKS is the best school in Nepal, but we all know guys from StX won't give a crap about that, much less agree. Because school cost more and exclusively cater to rich and powerful of Kathmandu does not mean a thing. While Rato Bangala and Malpi might be good schools by other measures, just going by the fact that the tuition there is 10 times more than Nepal's per capita income and that they have 1 seat for 20 applicants is a non-starter. In the end, lot depends on the students too. A friend of mine, from relatively poor family, went to Paropakar school near Bishnumati, attended Ascol, did his Bachelors in India, later got his Doctorate from a Canadian university and now works as a scientist in a cutting edge field of renewable enegy in the US. Very successful to say the least. Similarly, another friend of mine, from well to do family in Kathmandu, went to one of the elite schools in Kathmandu, then went to another elite school in the US - Harvard, to be exact, did not get any job in the US, so returned to Nepal, and is now making a so so living. Not that I am saying latter is any less than former, but anybody can see that the success level of the two is not the same. Anyway, to stop this rambling, yeah, ranking the schools is a good idea, but it should be done in a systematic way. Adios!