Conceived and established under the initiation of local prominent social activists of Kopundole, Lalitpur in 2007 B.S., Shree Pragati Shiksha Sadan Higher Secondary School aspires to become a centre of excellence for students. It provides quality education to enable the students to cope with the challenges of the 21st century through an academic and supportive environment that encourages them to attain competence, positive thinking, and self-discipline in their life. Blooming from a primary level, the school is now a prosperous and competitive educational institution because of the dedicated and well-qualified staff working under the canopy of the vision-oriented Management and Advisory committee, as well as the ever-present kind support of the local people.

The school is located in Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City: at Ward Number 10, Kopundole: south of the Bagmati River and near the Hanumansthan Temple.

Educational development started in Nepal after the elimination of the 104 years authoritarian Rana-regime in 1951. The civil society at the time was very much deprived of basic services relating to economical, political, social and moreover educational aspects. Immediately after the inception of democracy, tremendous achievement was observed in establishment of public schools.

It was as early as 57 years back, in 1951, that the conscious members in the local communities of Kopundole, Patan, started to voluntarily provide a few hours a day in imparting school education for local children at public places like temple basements, satals, as there was no appropriate and adequate building for this undertaking. Gradually, with the support of local elderly people and senior citizens, the schooling was allowed to move indoors in a local temple nearby the present school building in Kopundole.

After a few years of continuous efforts and appeals, the founders and well-wishers of the school managed to get access to the present historical public building in Kopundole for schooling, and it finally came under the ownership of the school and became known as the Shree Pragati Siksha Sadan. It is important to note that there were very few public schools in Kathmandu valley at the time of its inception. The new education policy in 1971 (BS 2028 B.S.) put in place by the government was flexible in allowing schools to be started by the private sector, and thus, in the early 1990s, a rapid growth of such private boarding schools took place. These private schools began to attract enrollment from the well-off families, and soon exceeded public schools in education and facilities.

As the founders, volunteers, and well-wishers of the present school were determined to retain Pragati as a public school meant for the community instead of converting it into a private school, the government (i.e., District Education Office) conceded and agreed to let it remain as a public community school. As a result, the children of the poor, disadvantaged, and socially-excluded families in the local areas were presented with the opportunity for decent education without the financial capital needed to enroll in private schools, and thus continued to receive education from Pragati Siksha Sadan.

Thus, at present, the school is well-recognized as a mosaic for children coming from diverse cultures, ethnicity and tribes. Here, one can find pupils originating from the mountainous regions to the terai plains, from the eastern rivers to the western slopes, and from every walk of life all across the country. Pragati stands as a beacon of hope and an enduring light for all children who wish for a proper education.Now the school is affiliated to HSEB and running Classes in +2 in Management.