The Tibetan Nehru Memorial Foundation School was founded in 1965 to cater to the primary education of children from early Tibetan settlers in Clement Town, Dehradun. Over the years the school grew into a Senior Secondary School affiliated with the Central Board of School Education, Delhi. The school is one of several Tibetan schools receiving grant in-aid from the Department of Education, CTA and Central Tibetan Schools Administration, New Delhi.

As a residential cum day co-educational school, the Tibetan Nehru Memorial Foundation School is administered by the Tibetan community at Clement Town, lead by Ven. D.G.Khochen Rinpoche, Apart from the main school, there are hostels and boarding facilities, which are available within the Tibetan Education Foundation Society and at the Kyitsel-ling Tibetan Children’s Education Center. Both institutions are non-profit organizations dedicated toward the education of Tibetan children. While most Clement Town students attend the school as day scholars, there are also students from all parts of India who live within the hostels.

TNMFS has from Class I to class XII; in each class the enrollment has continued to increase steadily. Today the school houses about 500 students and 30 staff members. When students reach class XII, Arts and Commerce streams are offered. Mr. Paljor is the current school director and Mr. Karma Tensum, the school Principal.

The main strength of the school is its location within a major Tibetan settlement in North India, which makes possible a large degree of parental and community involvement in the education and running of the school. The school benefits greatly from the local resources in its efforts to transmit culture and sense of identity to the children. One of the major strengths of the school is the rich and engaging program of sports and co-curricular activities offered to the students.