The government hasn't yet granted permission to madarsas to run secondary level education. This has been a let-down for girls from the Muslim community in Nepalganj. Their dreams of pursuing higher education has come to an abrupt halt as their poor parents can't afford to send them to public schools. Madarsa Darulam in Neplaganj has been running classes till Grade 8. The principal, Maulana Mustafa Nurani says: "We have met all the required criteria including a two storey building with 17 rooms but we haven't yet been granted permission to run classes above Grade 8."

Madarsas are religious schools run by the Muslim community where students are taught free of cost. Muslim parents who find the environment of other schools unsafe prefer to send their daughters to madarsas. So, parents hesitate sending their daughters elsewhere.

Udhav Shrestha, head of school inspection for Banke says that the DEO has issued license to 118 madarsas. Among them, five provide lower secondary level education and one, secondary level education. The inability of community run madarsas to fall in the government's education policy has adversely affected the lives of many students.