TU
investigating Shankar Dev
admission fiasco (rep
23/09/2024)
KU’s
initiative for academia-industry
collaboration, by Ram Lama
and Lakshman Lama (ae 16/09/2024)
PM
Oli urges Rajarshi Janak
University to prepare globally
competitive competent human
resources (rn 12/09/2024)
Deck
cleared to set up University of
Nepal : Unlike the existing
universities, the new university
will have complete authority
over its management, including
the appointment of its
vice-chancellor (kp
11/09/2024)
Tribhuvan
University seeks applications
for 11 Campus Chiefs (kh
02/09/2024)
Why
is an ‘eye university’
needed in Nepal?, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 29/08/2024)
Education
diplomacy for Nepal : Even as universities are
experiencing low enrollment, we lack plans to
attract international students, by Roshee
Lamichhane (kp 24/08/2024)
Simrik
Ventures and KU start BAM program (ae
31/07/2024)
Stemming
TU’s Fast-paced Decline, by Mukti Rijal (rn
18/07/2024)
Financing
universities sustainably :The endowment funding
model, while complementing tuition fees and
government subsidies, can also ensure academic
autonomy, by Bhoka Thapa (kp 08/07/2024)
Urgency
Of Rebuilding Public Trust, by Narayan
Prasad Ghimire (rn 06/07/2024)
TU
Faces Drop In Graduates, by Narendra Khadka
and Hem Bikram Bist (rn 27/06/2024)
South
Asian University is facing financial crunch
(ae 31/05/2024)
Free
politics from educational spaces, by Sugam
Gautam (ae 06/05/2024)
Dissecting
PhD sagas—I : The main mission of any PhD
programme should be that students learn to
become researchers during their studies, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 26/04/2024), Dissecting
PhD sagas—II : TU is not serving the interests
of doctoral students who want to become
competent researchers, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
10/05/2024), Dissecting
PhD Sagas – III : Without academic writing
training, Nepali universities will continue to
shortchange our doctoral students, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 24/05/2024)
Academics
laud adoption of meritocracy in appointment of
university officials (rep 15/04/2024) [The chancellors of the
universities should also be merited academics
and not the prime minister!]
Prof.
Dr. Khadga KC appointed as Rector, Dr. Kedar
Rijal appointed as Registrar of TU (rep
13/04/2024)
Think
before you leave : Many Nepalis studying abroad
are struggling just to survive. The government
must step in (kp 12/04/2024)
Tribhuvan
University’s negligence forcing scores of
students to retake exam on short notice : Two
colleges in Achham are conducting exam for a B
Ed first year paper today after the university
lost answer sheets of 2 (10 students, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 03/04/2024)
Nepal
Police Academy construction faces delays; only
18% completed in 20 months of 36-month plan
(rep 30/03/2024)
Tribhuvan
University to offer question papers in Nepali
and English (kh 30/03/2024)
Reforming
Nepal's Legal Education System, by Ritesh
Panthee (rep 28/03/2024)
Supreme
Court clears way for Durga Prasai’s college to
run MBBS classes : Medical Education
Commission’s bid to give affiliation to Prasai’s
college had failed after protest, by Dr
Govinda KC (kp 26/03/2024)
No
objection’ letter seekers overwhelm education
officials : Ever-increasing number of foreign
education aspirants leave Nepali colleges
desperately short of students, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 15/03/2024)
Plural
histories of school education : Nepal needs more
diverse historical works on schooling that go
beyond state-centric perspectives, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 15/03/2024)
Education
Minister Shrestha vows to appoint experts as
university leaders (kh 07/03/2024) [The bad habit of the PM
being the chancellor of all universities
urgently needs to be abolished.], Will
education minister Shrestha give up the role of
vice-chancellor to prioritize autonomy of
universities?, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep
09/03/2024)
Crowdsourcing
for research infrastructure : Our universities
can engage in larger-scale crowdsourcing to
enhance their library holdings, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 01/03/2024)
Tasks
Before New Vice Chancellor, by Bhupa P
Dhamala (rn 01/03/2024)
Kathmandu
University hosts Hult Prize semi-finals at KUSOM
(kh 25/02/2024)
TU
Vice-Chancellor Dr Baral advocates reverting
bachelor’s degree to three years (kh
23/02/2024)
Prime
Minister Dahal’s favourite becomes TU
vice-chancellor : Professor Baral previously
served as the vice-chancellor of Pokhara
University (kp 23/02/2024)
Merit
Of Transparent VC Selection Process, by
Manjima Dhakal (rn 22/02/2024)
Liberating
academia from partisan politics : For that, we
must implement merit-based selection process in
top positions, by Kiran Paudel (kp
18/02/2024)
TU
narratives : It became an easy and convenient
institution for individuals or groups to exploit,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 18/02/2024)
‘Jhur’
idea of a university service commission :
Universities that cannot recruit desired faculty
are not autonomous institutions, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 16/02/2024)
KU
to host International Vice-Chancellors’ Meet and
Bharat-Nepal Higher Education Summit (rep
13/02/2024)
National
Assembly approves establishment of Dashrath
Chand Health Science University (kh
12/02/2024)
TU
Education Needs Systemic Reforms, by Bhupa P
Dhamala (rn 11/02/2024)
14
candidates shortlisted for post of TU’S Vice
Chancellor (rep 09/02/2024) [As always, a non-inclusive
lot of high caste people!]
Mid-West
University invites applications for the post of
Vice Chancellor (rep 09/02/2024)
Nearly
half of MBBS and BDS graduates fail licensing
exams : They are barred from practising
medicine. Doctors blame possible decline in the
quality of medical education, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 03/02/2024), Only
56 percent MBBS graduates pass NMC licensing
test (kh 05/02/2024)
Govt
set to lift ban on nursing colleges; medical law
amendments underway (kh 01/02/2024)
Innovate
or perish : Nepali universities are struggling
to attract students. The news from KU is still
welcome (kp 31/01/2024)
TU
introduces online services from today (kh
29/01/2024)
Economics
And Management Integrated Professional Legal
Education In Nepal, by Tulasa Neupane
(sp26/01/2024)
For
the first time, women professors contesting for
the position of Vice-Chancellor of TU, by
Ruby Rauniyar (rep 25/01/2024)
Time
for a decisive push for varsity reforms, by
Durga Prasad Khanal (ae 25/01/2024)
PM
Dahal assures of graduation of universities
(kh 24/01/2024)
Draft
of Higher Education Act proposes national
standards for the establishment of new
universities (rep 23/01/2024)
TU
receives 43 applications for post of
Vice-Chancellor (rep 23/01/2024)
Progress
in establishing Hindu University (rep
22/01/2024)
TU
unveils academic calendar for current session
(rn 22/01/2024)
House
panel decision on nursing colleges lands in
controversy : The committee directive, which
allows nursing colleges without their own
building to resume instruction, has divided
committee members (kp 21/01/2024)
All
educational certificates of TU to be provided
online (rn 18/01/2024)
The
future of affiliating universities : Senior
faculty are often found in programmes of NGOs or
political parties rather than in universities,
by CK Lal (kp 17/01/2024)
Connecting
Universities With Industries, by Bhupa P
Dhamala (rn 17/01/2024)
Low
enrollment, high dropout rates mar Achham
campuses : Seven colleges are currently in
operation in Achham and all of them have low
enrollment, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
15/01/2024)
Unraveling
the Tribhuvan University Mess, by Prem
Sharma (kh 14/01/2024)
Literary
works on Nepali language go global with
inauguration of E-library at TU (rep
11/01/2024)
Selecting
a capable vice-chancellor at Tribhuvan
University, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
10/01/2024)
Tribhuvan
University opens applications for Vice
Chancellor position in open competition (kh
05/01/2024) [Why not
applications for the position of Chancellor?
Non-academic politicians are completely
unqualified for this position!], What
after ‘bhagbanda’ is over? Depoliticising VC
appointment cannot clear the structural rot that
has besieged Nepal’s oldest and biggest
university, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
05/01/2024), PM
Prachanda directs Education Minister to correct
vacancy call on TU Vice-Chancellor (rn
05/01/2024), Experts
find problems in the university set-up to select
vice-chancellor : After prime minister’s
willingness to choose VC on merit, applications
are solicited but the process is said to be
flawed, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/01/2024), Parliamentary
Committee members express concerns over
delegated laws of TU (rep 06/01/2024), New
selection criteria makes it mandatory for TU VC
applicants to submit self-declaration of
non-party affiliation (rep 08/01/2024)
KMC
doctors on protest demanding lifting of
suspension of Dr Dahal (rep 04/01/2024)
Change
starts at top : Doing
away with the provision of the PM and political
leaders in top positions will help reform
universities (kp 04/01/2024)) [!!!!]
Is
Tribhuvan University grappling with decline in
academic standards?, by Pushpa Raj Joshi
(rep 03/01/2024)
Prime
minister commits to better university education
: For that, law is necessary to strip political
leadership of its powers at universities (kp
03/01/2024)
Madan
Bhandari University of Science and Technology
and Nepal Research and Education Network sign
MoU (rep 03/01/2024)
Pashupatinath
University: A wonderful concept, by
Gopikrishna Dhungana (ae 01/01/2024)
Youth
exodus drains Nepali colleges : Colleges across
the country are short of students, with
thousands of seats unoccupied. Once booming,
colleges now teeter on the edge of closure, as
students see few opportunities after graduation,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/12/2023)
Students
protest at TU demanding timely exam and
result-publication (kh 27/12/2023)
Flushed
with Frustration: College Toilets Left High and
Dry, by Sunita Bhul (kh 24/12/2023)
Big
and ugly : The spectacle of thousands of TU
graduates thronging the stadium inspired more
mockery than hope (kp 20/12/2023)
TU
sets world record with over 26,000 attendees at
convocation ceremony, by Aersha Bajracharya
(rep 18/12/2023)
University
for a new Nepal : Ambitious foray into science
and technology research avoids pitfalls like
political interference, by Kunda Dixit (nt
16/12/2023)
TU
launches winter school on meteorology (kh
07/12/2023)
Encroachment
of Agriculture and Forestry University land on
the rise (rep 04/12/2023)
Check
Tribhuvan University’s Freefall, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 03/12/2023)
TU
revises criteria for pursuing Master’s degree in
Nepali and English (kh 30/11/2023)
TU
Central Library to open study rooms for 24 hours
(rep 26/11/2023)
PM
Prachanda stresses on expanding universities to
community level (rn 26/10/2023) [Above all, the Chancellor of
a university should not be the Prime Minister,
but a personality from the academic sector! The
current regulation is an archaic relic of royal
absolutism!]
On
training to write academically : Our higher
education institutions lack serious teaching
opportunities in academic writing, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 24/11/2023)
Vice-Chancellor
post lying vacant at TU (kh 04/11/2023)
TU
Chancellor should be selected through open
competition: VC Baskota (rep 02/11/2023) [The arrogant attitude that
everything belonged to the king, including the
chancellorship of the universities, should never
have been transferred to the politicians of the
republic!], What
TU's slide in global ranking means : The slide
has set alarm bells ringing for Nepal's
education system and overall development, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp 03/11/2023)
Medical
students’ hunger strike at UCMS demanding
principal’s resignation reaches 15th day
(rep 29/10/2023)
Apex
College launches official research publication :
The journal is published bi-annually and is
indexed in DOI Foundation, ZENODO, Orcid, Open
Aire, Google Scholar, Research Gate and SSRN
(kp 20/10/2023)
Educational
expenses for abroad study double (rep
17/10/2023)
Madhya
Paschim University yet to clear arrears of Rs 1
billion (rep 14/10/2023)
Higher
education reforms from the top : As the first
order of business, all the political parties
should agree to stop the ‘bhagbanda’ practice,
by Pratyoush Onta (kp 13/10/2023)
KU
officially launches Bachelor of Craft and Design
(rep 13/10/2023)
Business
schools to work with industry leaders for
ready-to-hire graduates : Pokhara University
consults business leaders for revising curricula
for management degrees in bachelor’s and
master’s levels (kp 12/10/2023)
IOE
announces new increased fee (rep 08/10/2023)
Cabinet
gives nod to new university plan : Experts call
for needs assessment, clarity in funding and
governance before launching yet another
university (kp 05/10/2023)
Tertiary
Education at a Crossroads in Nepal : The youth
with a clear purpose in life find it hard to
fulfill their dreams in Nepal, by Augustine
Thomas (rep 02/10/2023)
MIT
Kathmandu introduces globally accredited BBA and
MBA programs as part of its new education
initiative (rep 01/10/2023)
The
medium language of teaching : Nepal’s
universities should remove barriers that
restrict the possibilities for obtaining higher
education, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
29/09/2023)
Engaging
students in universities: Only way to promote
quality, by Uttam Neupane (ht 15/09/2023)
Why
Nepali students can’t wait to go abroad : Lack
of jobs due to political instability and growing
corruption have driven thousands of youths to
seek their future overseas, experts say, by
Subin Adhikari (kp 05/09/2023)
Fee
dispute at
IoE, annual
engineering
examination
postponed
(rep
04/09/2023)
Universities
Need Sweeping
Reforms,
by Dinesh C
Devkota (rn
01/09/2023)
Federalizing
Education and
Mitigating
Political
Influence in
Nepali
Academia,
by Alok K
Bohara (rep
27/08/2023) [!!!]
Reversing
brain drain : Universities and policymakers
should work to attract students instead of
lamenting over low enrollments, by Maina
Dhital (kp 27/08/2023)
Framing
Pharmacy Education In Nepal, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 27/08/2023)
Navigating
Realities: The Quest For Study Abroad, by
Seshraj Bhattarai (rn 25/08/2023)
Engineering
students protest after 176.78 percent fee hike
by IOE (rep 24/08/2023)
Prolonged
lockout in FWU, students demand revocations of
appointments (kh 23/08/2023)
Nepali
students spend Rs 100 billion for overseas
education (kh 18/08/2023)
False
equivalence in Nepal academia : Tribhuvan
University gives Nepali graduates of foreign
universities the runaround, by Aastha Dhakal
(nt 18/08/2023)
Making
TU Research-Centric, by Prem Sagar Chapagain
(rn 18/08/2023)
Australia
emerges as top choice for higher education among
Nepali students, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep
17/08/2023)
FWU
padlocked for one month (kh 17/08/2023)
Interlinking
academic communities: For strengthening academic
progress, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (ht
14/08/2023)
Medical
education providers say law ‘misused’ to force
them out of business : According to them, the
Medical Education Act is forcing hundreds of
Nepali nursing students to Indian institutions
(kp 14/08/2023)
TU's
Plan to Scrap Four-Year Bachelor's Program
: Is a four-year bachelor’s program a burden on
Nepali students?, by Alok K Bohara (rep
14/08/2023)
Revitalising
technical education: Need for university reforms,
by Sudeep Thakuri (ht 10/08/2023)
After
publishing final list, Kathmandu metropolis asks
scholarship recipients to choose from given
colleges : Officials say a student can choose
one from 10 colleges based on their
qualification, quota, address and merit (kp
10/08/2023)
TU’s
uncertainty, deteriorating quality, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 06/08/2023)
TU
to offer Bachelor's level questions in both
English and Nepali languages (rep
05/08/2023)
KU
to introduce four-year course on geology and
mining engineering (kh 03/08/2023)
KU
begins dual-degree program with Australia’s
Crown Institute (kh 02/08/2023)
State
of impunity wrecking our university system :
There is a criminal gang that benefits by
extorting the university. They work for the
mafia in education, interview with Prem
Chalaune, assistant professor at the Department of
Sociology of Tribhuvan University (kp 31/07/2023)
[Once again political
parties have their fingers in the pie and cover
up crime!]
Empty
Universities and Packed Suitcases: Is This The
Future? , by Astitwa Raj Wagle (rep
31/07/2023)
KU,
MU sign MoU for joint programs (rep
26/07/2023)
Equivalence
certificate procedure: Frustrating
abroad-educated scholars, by Pushpa Raj
Joshi (ht 26/07/2023)
Education
system lab (ILab) launched in Kathmandu
University School of Education : The Swiss
government's Backstopping and Learning for the
Quality Project funds the iLab. Switzerland has
remained an innovative knowledge partner of
Nepal in TVET sector, by Krishna Sapkota
(nlt 25/07/2023)
Exam
controller’s office distributes Delhi University
question papers in TU Tourism Development exam :
Examinees asked Indian History questions in the
Tourism Development exam!, by Rubi Rauniyar
(rep 25/07/2023)
University’s
works hampered due to week-long lockout (kh
25/07/2023)
'Four-year
bachelor’s program has added burden on students',
by Ruby Rauniyar (rep 22/07/2023)
TU
equivalency issue exacerbating brain drain,
by Bal Krishna Sah (ht 10/07/2023), 'Students
subjected to humiliation for equivalence
certificate', by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
16/07/2023)
Out
with the old thesis : The current format
emanates from a bureaucratic approach and
results in boring texts, by Pratyoush Onta
(kp 06/07/2023)
TU
denies misbehaviour with students seeking
equivalence certificate (ht 06/07/2023)
Degree
holders from abroad terrorised, by Bal
Krishna Sah (ht 05/07/20023)
The
meddling unions : The importance of having a
functional calendar for higher education is
self-evident, by Achyut Wagle (kp04/07/2023)
Protest
in Dharan against ‘umbrella law’ plan to
integrate health academies : The government move
is regressive and goes against the spirit of
federalism, protesters say, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 18/06/2023)
USAID
Agency Counselor Clinton White launches new
partnership with Agriculture and Forestry
University, Nepal (kh 15/06/2023)
Tribhuvan
University seeks applications for campus merger
by mid-July (nlt 13/06/2023), Falling
enrolment prompts Tribhuvan University to merge
colleges under it : Nepal’s largest university
solicits merger proposals from colleges having
unsustainably low numbers of students, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/06/2023), Going,
going : Universities need more than just a
merger plan to keep the number of students
intact kp 16/06/2023)
Govt
assures of operation of Science University in
Geta (kh 12/06/2023)
Law
revision to allow University Grants Commission
to issue equivalence papers : The job is being
done by Tribhuvan University and there were
calls to change the arrangement (kp
04/06/2023)
Land
grabbing at Kirtipur campus : The space
represents a covenant of minds to work for a
common educational culture, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 04/06/2023)
Nepali
youths flocking abroad for medical studies :
Medical Commission says some 1,000 students left
the country for MBBS and MD/MS programmes this
fiscal (kp 25/05/2023)
Making
NAST work : The Nepal Academy of Science and
Technology has deviated from its mission due to
political influence, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp
14/05/2023)
NAST
has no VC for almost four months (rep
02/05/2023) [All
universities have the extremely competent Prime
Minister as Chancellor. What need is there for a
deputy from the academic leadership? It is high
time to detach the universities from politics!]
TU
postpones April 23 exams (kh 21/04/2023)
Hollowing
out : Nepali universities must convince students
that the courses they offer are worth pursuing
(kp 19/04/2023)
Govt
expedites process to establish Shree Pashupati
Hindu University (rep 17/04/2023)
What’s
behind the decline in enrolment at Kathmandu
University : 122,000 got nod to study abroad in
2022. In 9 months this fiscal, 81,000 received
permits, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/04/2023)
Nepal
halts issuing NOC for non-university study
abroad (rep 12/04/2023)
Falling
enrollments worry Nepali universities : The
institutions are mulling over merger of colleges
for better resource mobilisation, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 12/04/2023)
The
pretence of higher education : The government
can’t stop kids of sociocultural elites from
going to American or European universities,
by CK Lal (kp 29/03/2023)
Stop
Political Meddling In Varsities, by Mukti
Rijal (rn 23/03/2023)
Why
establish a model varsity in Nepal?, by
Bipin Adhikari (ae 20/03/2023)
Where
to find other funds? Nepali universities (except
for Kathmandu University) have relied
overwhelmingly on state funds, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 17/03/2023)
Where
to find the students? Creating friendly
institutions to attract non-heteronormative
students would be equally important, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 03/03/2023)
English
studies, examined : The praxis of English
language teaching and the positions of the
English departments complement each other,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 26/02/2023)
Bill
to form Nepal University lands in House
committee : The absence of education minister
could delay the approval of the bill for setting
up a model university (kp 25/02/2023)
Lumbini
Buddhist University to put vicinity in
Panchsheel (kh 24/02/2023)
7,000
students graduate from Pokhara University
(kh 20/02/2023)
In
six months, 470 foreigners came to Nepal on
study visa (rep 19/02/2023)
Where
to find the faculty? A diverse faculty would be
crucial if new Nepali universities want to be
successful, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
17/02/2023)
Restructuring
Nepali Universities, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
17/02/2023)
Nepal
Sanskrit University to offer classes on
naturopathy, yoga science (kh 15/02/2023)
Nepal’s
largest university trifles with students’ future
and aspirations : Tribhuvan University’s failure
to follow the academic calendar reeks of
negligence, by Mimamsha Dhungel (kp
04/02/2023)
Universities:
The size debate : Small universities with
focused teaching and research agenda are likely
to be more successful, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
03/02/2023)
Rethinking
higher education : Nepali universities should be
willing to embrace new technologies and academic
concepts, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp
31/01/2023)
Why
was the University Bill introduced, leaving
aside the Education Bill? (rep 31/01/2023)
Structural
ills of our universities : It is quite common
for university management offices to be
padlocked for months, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
20/01/2023)
Reorienting
Social Science Education, by Bhupa P Dhamala
(rn 10/01/2023)
Research
and Tribhuvan University (rep 09/01/2023)
More
universities, please : Ensuring access to
universities closer to under-represented
individuals ought to be a national goal, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 06/01/2023)
TU
grappling with financial problems (rep
06/01/2023)
TU
preparing to hold FSU elections on March 19
(kh 05/01/2023)
Struggles
of Nepal’s new universities : Task force
suggests new varsities be brought into operation
only after needs assessment, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 31/12/2022), More
is not better : Rather than building more
universities, the goal should be to ensure they
offer what today’s students need (kp
02/01/2023)
Govt
to facilitate expansion of university education
at international level (kh 21/12/2022)
University
should refrain from politics: PM Deuba (kh
15/12/2022) [This is
true: the PM should never be chancellor of
universities. This is a relic of monarchical
times when Nepal had only one university and the
king owned everything!]
Foundation
stone of defence university laid (ht
10/12/2022)
Time
moves slowly at TU : Nepalis deserve better than
a university that cannot publish the results of
its annual exams for over a year (kp
07/12/2022)
On
the right track : People have realised the
urgency of steering Tribhuvan University in the
right direction, by Hira Bahadur Maharjan
and Dhurba Bahadur Karki (kp 06/12/2022)
EU
supports to build trade capacities of university
professors in Nepal to prepare for LDC
graduation (rep 03/12/2022)
Far
Western University to organize int’l conference
on Sudurpaschim studies (kh 08/11/2022)
Parties’
higher education pledges smack of hypocrisy :
While they promise to attract foreigners to
local varsities, Nepalis don’t seem much
interested in studying here and are leaving the
country in record numbers, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/11/2022)
National
Defence University plans delayed by lack of
funds : Initial plan was to begin the academic
session from the end of 2023, but construction
in Sanga, Kavrepalanchok is yet to start, by
Anil Giri (kp 24/10/2022)
Ensure
Quality Of Medical Education, by Jagdish
Prasad Agrawal (rn 18/10/2022)
Redeem
TU From Union Politics, by Mukti Rijal (rn
22/09/2022)
Education
Minister calls for dialogue to avert
universities’ problems (kh 18/09/2022)
Student
and faculty exchanges: The way forward, by
Yamal Chandra Rajbhandary (ht 14/09/2022)
Big
problems bedevil Nepal’s biggest university :
Political interference is at the root of
Tribhuvan University’s most recent troubles,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 08/09/2022)
Free
university from fear (ae 01/09/2022)
TU
demands security from the government (nlt
28/08/2022)
KU
to begin Masters in Media Studies (kh
05/08/2022)
TU
Examinations Controller fined for concealing
information (kh 26/07/2022)
Govt
raises medical education fees by 3.6 percent
effective from new FY beginning Sunday (rep
17/07/2022) [It is not
special qualifications but wealth that decides
whether one is allowed to practise medicine at
some point!]
Agreement
between Agriculture and Forestry University,
ICIMOD (kh 11/07/2022)
Proposal
to consider Madan Bhandari University passed
(ht 08/07/2022)
IOM
and Tribhuvan University partner to launch a
school on Migration Studies in Nepal (nlt
30/06/2022)
3.7
million spent on convocation ceremony of
Mid-West University (kh 23/06/2022)
Strengthen
Public Institutions, by Mukti Rijal (rn
23/06/2022
Leader
Bijukchhe accuses role of medical mafia for not
getting permission for MBBS (kh 22/06/2022)
NSU
demands formation of probe committee in TU
(kh 10/06/2022)
Tribhuvan
University system doesn’t recognise transgender
student : For trans individuals, it’s a constant
fight in every step with systemic barriers
almost on all fronts, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
09/06/2022)
Govt
universities against two-day weekend (rep
22/05/2022)
Students
anxious as Tribhuvan University fails to publish
results : Varsity officials blame the lack of
manpower for the delay, however, the issue has
always been a perennial problem at the country’s
oldest and largest university (kp
06/05/2022)
Colleges
under TU to remain closed for 23 days (kh
28/04/2022)
Case
filed against 6 TU officials for altering exam
results (rep 29/03/2022)
Convocation
of Madhyapaschim University put off (kh
28/03/2022)
Keep
TU Free From Politics, by Madhav Prasad
Dahal (rn 25/03/2022)
Problems
seen in TU should be solved immediately:
Minister Bhusal (kp 24/03/2022)
Education
Minister Stresses On Strengthening TU-
Affiliated Campuses (rn 20/03/2022)
Save
TU From Unsolicited Politics, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 17/03/2022)
Education
Minister Poudel urges not to enforce strike in
university (kh 16/03/2022)
TU
Central Library to have a new building with
Indian assistance (kh 15/03/2022)
Call
to make Nepal Sanskrit University
technology-friendly (kh 11/03/2022)
NHRC
calls for dialogue to resume teaching-learning
at university (kh 01/03/2022)
Tribhuvan
University administration padlocked for five
months in two years : Teachers and professors
stage a counter protest demanding end to
‘padlock culture’, by Binod Ghimire (kp
21/02/2022)
TU
is Well : Nepalese academia, including Tribhuvan
University, has challenges, but we must tell the
full story, including what it is doing well,
by Shyam Sharma (rep 11/02/2022)
Works
at office of Sudurpaschim University affected
for two months (kh 08/02/2022)
The
cost of sidelining the humanities : A major
academic discipline is dying a slow death due to
a system keen on quantifying success, by
Aarati Baral (kp 06/02/2022)
CTEVT
to conduct postponed exam from February 19
(kh 02/02/2022)
TU
to reschedule postponed exam for February
(kh 31/01/2022)
VCs
flay government decision to appoint ministry
staff at BPKIHS (ht 27/01/2022) [The system has long been in
need of change: neither a king nor a prime
minister belongs at the head of a university or
similar institution This is the only way to
avoid political interference and nepotism!]
Fear,
worries and panic among students as universities
run board exams amid Omicron surge : Students
say the university exams are being held without
following safety protocols, with infected,
non-infected and those with symptoms put
together in the same examination hall.
University officials refute the claims, by
Prasun Sangroula (nlt 19/01/2022), NHRC
urges adherence to health safety measures during
examinations (nlt 20/01/2022), TU
puts off all semester and annual examinations
until further notice (rep 20/01/2022), Purbanchal
University postpones all examinations (kh
21/01/2022)
Medical
colleges continue to defy government-fixed
ceiling of fee : Students of two medical
colleges are up in arms. Operators refuse to
budge, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/01/2022), Home Ministry
orders action against medical colleges levying
undue fees on students : Orders action against
Nobel Medical college operators (kh
21/01/2022)
TU
declares holiday till Jan 24 citing COVID-19
risk (rep 15/01/2022)
End
Anomalies In Medical Education, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 11/01/2022)
Purbanchal
University comes under fire for denying
registration and admit card to a student
identifying as a transwoman : The incident
sparks conversation on the exclusionary way
Nepal’s education institutions treat transgender
students, by Prasun Sangroula (nlt
09/01/2022)
Tri-Chandra’s
run down state is a microcosm of Nepal : The
country's oldest college is falling apart, an
apt symbol of neglect and apathy, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 07/01/2022)
Enhance
TU's Research Credentials, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 06/01/2022)
MoHA
warns to sue medical colleges for levying undue
amount from students : Instructs CDOs to take
due action (kh 02/01/2022), Action
will be taken against colleges if found charging
more than the prescribed fee: Education Minister
Paudel (rep 06/01/2022)
Medical
colleges snub Medical Education Commission under
political protection : Colleges are demanding
higher fees from MBBS students ignoring the fee
structure fixed by the regulator, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/12/2021)
Call
to end political dominance in universities
(ht 16/12/2021), End
party meddling : Institutes of higher education
or even schools cannot be a playing ground for
the political parties any longer (ht
17/12/2021)
PM
Deuba Lauds KU's Role In Educational Development
And Producing Skilled Human Resources (rn
15/12/2021)
Nepa
l : The Archaeology of Académie, by Rajeev
Kunwar (kh 10/12/2021)
Deuba-led
Tribhuvan University meeting decides to hire
teachers without open competition : Experts say
such a practice will promote incompetence and
ruin students’ future, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/12/2021)
Making
Of A University, by Mukti Rijal (rn
02/12/2021)
TU's
part time teachers stage strike again (ht
30/11/2021), Teachers'
agitation : The authorities should not yield to
pressure from the part-time teachers of TU to
make them permanent through internal evaluation
(ht 01/12/2021)
Foreign
education aspirants are helpless as their SAT
results aren’t released : US-based College Board
has been unresponsive and ignorant of the plight
of 51 Nepali test-takers while their college
application deadlines pass by, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 28/11/2021)
University
an identity marker of province: CM Pokharel
(kh 17/11/2021)
Huawei
Nepal and Tribhuvan University ink deal to set
up Seed for Future ICT Academy (kh
16/11/2021)
Nepali
students' enrolment in foreign universities up
(ht 02/11/2021), Students'
exodus : While investment in education is an
investment in the country's future, the problem
is that few Nepali students are returning home
(ht)
Minister
Dr Rijal inspects NA’s under-construction
defense university (kh 26/10/2021)
Mid-West
University and Chandigarh University sign MoU
(kh 13/10/2021)
Midwestern
University and Professors Association seal 8-pt
deal (kh 02/10/2021)
Gandaki
University Running Classes After Two Years Of
Establishment (rn 02/10/2021)
TU
Launches Master’s Degree Course On Good
Governance And Anti-Corruption Studies (rn
01/10/2021)
MBBS
students returning from China allowed to intern
from Nepal MC says students have to choose
hospital themselves, by Milan Dahal (kh
17/09/2021)
Mid-Western
University to conduct exams from Sept 13 (kh
09/09/2021)
Time
to invest in our own universities, by Angel
Sharma (rep 05/09/2021)
Gandaki
University can be an icon of success,
interview with Ganesh Man Gurung (kh 01/09/2021)
Mid-Western
University to conduct exams from Sept 13 (kh
30/08/2021)
Madhyapaschim
University signs MoUs for inclusive education
(kh 26/08/2021)
TU
and Tel Aviv University sign MoU to promote
cooperation in various fields (rep
20/08/2021)
Universities
Should Stay Relevant, by Mukti Rijal (rn
19/08/2021)
Poor
pass rate in entrance tests for medical courses
exposes quality of education : Fewer students
have qualified for many bachelor’s courses
leaving many seats unfilled, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/08/2021)
Nepali
students in Chinese universities losing hope :
Medical graduates from various Chinese
universities protest in front of the offices of
Nepal Medical Council and Center for Education
and Human Resource Development, asking for
permission to complete their internship in Nepal,
by Pratik Ghimire (ap 12/08/2021)
Tribhuvan
University continues exams amid protests by
students : As the in-person exams of master’s
and bachelor’s levels continue, students are
worried about Covid-19, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 11/08/2021)
Tribhuvan
University continues in-person exams despite
widespread outcry, by Shristi Serchan (rec
09/08/2021)
Industrial
study centre in the offing (kh 07/08/2021)
As
more universities are in the pipeline experts
ask if Nepal needs so many : If things go as
planned, the country will have 16
universities in a couple of years, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/08/2021)
Maintaining
health safety protocol during exams is
impossible, colleges say : There is a risk of
the virus situation going out of control again
if precautions are not taken, health experts
warn, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 25/07/2021)
Why
Public Institutions Fail, by Mukti Rijal (rn
22/07/2021)
Nepal
needs a flagship research university : The unity
of teaching and research is what distinguishes
these kinds of institutions from others, by
Bed Prasad Giri (kp 21/07/2021)
‘Incorporate
inclusion in university curriculum’ (kh
20/07/2021)
Mobilizing
Resources For The University Of Nepal, by
Bipin Adhikari (sp 16/07/2021)
Nepali
medical students from foreign universities can
intern in Nepal : Longstanding ban on
internships by students of foreign universities
has been lifted for one time only, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/07/2021)
Professional
irregularities are growing in universities,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/07/2021)
Academics
plan a university of excellence but keeping
politics at bay is a challeng : Unlike existing
universities, the board of trustees will have
complete authority over appointment of
vice-chancellor and it will not grant
affiliations, its promoters say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 07/07/2021)
TU
set to conduct stalled exams from July 20
(kh 23/06/2021), TU
to conduct formerly suspended graduation exams
from July 20 (kh 25/06/2021), Oldest
varsity plans stalled exams next month but
students harbour doubts, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 28/06/2021), Alternative
assessments : TU must understand that conducting
sit-in exams is not the best option now (kp
29/06/2021)
Tribhuvan
University finally agrees to conduct exams
online, by Binod Ghimire (07/06/2021)
Oldest
varsity’s insistence on in-person tests is
costing students years, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/04/2021)
Govt
decides to put off all pre-scheduled
examinations until further notice amid fresh
surge in COVID-19 cases (rep 26/04/2021)
Nepal
Set To Start Study Of Masters In Mountaineering
Science, by Chhetu Sherpa (rn 16/04/2021)
Crawling
when not asked to bend : The government of
the day will benefit most from a
culture of political participation, by Atul
K Thakur (kp 02/04/2021)
In
a first, Tribhuvan University takes action
against faculty members for plagiarism : Lack of
action in the past gave rise to the practice
of plagiarism in Nepali academia,
educationists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/03/2021)
Karnali
Academy of Health Sciences starts MD course :
However, the launch of MBBS classes at the
academy is still uncertain despite the
institution’s claim that it has completed the
necessary preparations, by LP Devkota
(kp25/03/2021)
Officials
bent on granting affiliation to B&C college
despite controversy : The government will remove
all barriers to grant affiliation to the college
soon, education minister says, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/03/2021)
How
this college is opening the gates to better
hospitality education : Making sure that
students from disadvantaged socio-economic
backgrounds have equal access to quality
hospitality education, Kathmandu
University and GATE College roll out a
one-of-a-kind apprenticeship degree in Nepal,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 12/03/2021)
Four
Mid-Western University professors including
program director resign en masse (rep
09/03/2021)
Oli
government making efforts to secure affiliation
for B&C Medical College : Education Minister
Shrestha pushes the affiliation proposal at the
senate meeting of Kathmandu University, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/03/2021)
Political
interference at Tribhuvan University : Today’s
problem is to bring politics within everybody’s
grasp and use it to fight against its abusers,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 28/02/2021)
Gandaki
Varsity Can Go The TU Way, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 18/02/2021)
TU
to run classes physically from March (ht
10/02/2021)
Significance
Of Defence University, by Uttam Maharjan (kp
09/02/2021), Why
Nepal needs a defense university : Formulating a
vibrant defense policy to counter the security
threats can be possible when we have qualified
human resources in the country. The Defense
University will do just that, by Hritik
Yadav (rep 16/02/2021) [???]
A
Proposal To Improve Media Studies Curricula,
by Harsha Man Maharjan (rn 06/02/2021)
PADT
to construct World Hindu University in Kathmandu
(kh 02/02/2021) [Another
university for a handful of (male) Bahuns! And
what about the existing Sanskrit University?]
Dr
KC objects to recommendation for increasing
medical education fee (kh 24/01/2021)
Politicisation
of universities takes toll on credibility,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/01/2021)
Students
launch protest against alleged swindling by two
colleges in Rukum (West) : The agitating
students have padlocked TNT Technical College
and Syarputal Engineering College, by Hari
Gautam (kp 21/01/2021)
Call
for criteria to select new KU vice-chancellor :
The search committee will shortly start the
process to shortlist three candidates, one
of whom will succeed Ram Kantha Makaju, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 03/01/2021) [Stop this nonsense and appoint chancellors
at all universities. Neither a prime minister
nor a king is competent for such an office!],
Experts
doubt KU vice-chancellor will be chosen based on
merit : Applications have been called for the
post but the criteria for selection have not
been published and this is a concern,
educationists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/01/2021)
Colleges
announce application dates despite uncertainty
over grade 12 results : National Examination
Board says admissions can be provisional or
colleges can postpone entrance
examinations and the deadline for application
submission, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/12/2020)
TU
continues to ignore part-time teachers’ demands
(ht 24/12/2020)
How
should universities recruit professors? The very
idea of requiring a written qualifying exam for
a PhD is by definition absurd since nobody could
qualify as the examiner, by Jagadish Paudel
(rep 15/12/2020)
Freeing
TU From Politics, by Mukti Rijal (rn
10/12/2020)
TU
part-timers threaten to boycott classes :
They have been demanding payment on par with
assistant professors besides other facilities
(ht 09/12/2020)
Digital
Media In Social Science Curricula, by Harsha
Man Maharjan (rn 05/12/2020)
Dissecting
TU Service Examination Results, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 21/11/2020)
Pick
new KU vice-chancellor fairly, academics say : A
number of prominent professors had parted ways
with the university expressing their displeasure
with the leadership of VC Ram Kantha Makaju,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/11/2020)
Tribhuvan
University publishes timetable for exams despite
coronavirus scare, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/11/2020)
Agriculture
university not equipped to run vet classes,
council says : University officials say they are
committed to admitting new students this year,
but authorities are unimpressed, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 03/11/2020)
Sexism
in academia : Comments related to physical
appearance unnecessarily dominate talks
surrounding sexism, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp
21/10/2020)
TU
Teachers Feel Insecure, by Kundan Aryal (rn
09/10/2020)
Varsities,
colleges allowed to conduct exams : The
government’s decision draws flak as it could
increase the risk of COVID transmission, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 08/10/2020)
Tertiary
Education During Pandemic, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 04/10/2020)
Politics
Dictates Public Institutions, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 02/10/2020)
Tribhuvan
University to hold exams after festivals : As
officials commit to virus safety measures,
students will have the option of sitting their
exams at a centre closest to their homes, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 25/09/2020)
Lumbini
Buddhist University Conducts ‘Door-To-Door’
Exams, by Laxman Poudel (rn 17/09/2020)
The
future of the classroom is online : The
government must support universities
as they move to embrace virtual
classrooms, by Achyut Wagle (kp 15/09/2020)
Rules
to regulate medical colleges issued (ht
04/09/2020)
TU
Urges Its Students To Participate In Online
Class (rn 26/08/2020)
Kathmandu
University closes for 15 days (kh
11/08/2020)
Ayurveda
university infrastructure development board
formation order issued (ht 06/08/2020)
Break
The Culture Of Padlocking, by Kundan Aryal
(rn 31/07/2020)
Congress-aligned
professors, students padlock Tribhuvan
University office: Ruling party appointing key
officials without consulting other parties, they
allege, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/07/2020)
As
pandemic stops Nepali students from going
abroad, consultancies and other businesses take
a hit: Plans of thousands of students to study
abroad have been either postponed or shattered
due to Covid-19 related travel restrictions, and
suspension of visa services, by Aditi Aryal
and Elisha Shrestha (kp 29/07/2020) [This would be the time and
opportunity for a complete overhaul of the
Nepalese education system. Unfortunately,
however, the responsible politicians are just as
uninterested in this as they are in controlling
the pandemic, providing emergency aid for the
numerous natural disasters and measures to
prevent them in the future, saving the economy
in a forward-looking manner, full equality for
women and their protection against criminal
elements, exposing capital crimes or immediately
rescuing the desperate migrant workers who are
willing to return and creating jobs in the
country on a permanent basis. Instead, the small
male group in power, mainly Bahun, is engaged in
senseless struggles for power and personal
privileges.]
Campuses
Affiliated To TU To Open From Today, Exams To Be
Held From July 23, by Seshkant Pandit (rn
22/07/2020)
Covid-19
lockdown affects Nepali students planning to go
abroad: While some students plan to wait things
out, others have given up on their plans due to
the epidemic, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
25/06/2020)
Pokhara
University finds itself at a crossroads
jeopardising the academic future of students:
Future of as many as 40,000 students is insecure
as the varsity remains without a vice-chancellor
and registrar for over nine months, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 21/06/2020)
Pitch
For E-Learning In Lockdown, by Mukti Rijal
(kp 04/06/2020)
Students
Of Semester System Attend Online Classes, Others
Are Out Of Access (rn 09/05/2020)
Govt
okays construction of defence university (ht
16/04/2020) [???],
Defence
university formation order stipulates 13-member
committee (ht 19/04/2020)
Linking
Academic Research With Development, by Ira
Sharma (rn 26/03/2020)
As
the world goes on lockdown, Nepali students find
themselves out of a job: With the Covid-19
outbreak shuttering businesses, Nepali students
in foreign lands who work part-time to fund
their studies are worried about paying their
bills, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 23/03/2020)
HoR
panel passes bill on Madan Bhandari university (ht
19/03/2020)
KMC
padlocked for a month (ht 11/03/2020)
Ayurveda
university bill to promote ancient medicine
(ht 11/03/2020)
Will
the subject of history soon be history? A lack
of job prospects and Tribhuvan University’s
failure to attract a new generation to the
subject have meant that fewer students are
pursuing history as a discipline, by
Shashwat Pant (kp 05/03/2020))
No-objection
letters for six countries put on hold amid
global virus outbreak: Education consultancies
say, unofficially, the government has stopped
issuing certificates for other places as well,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/03/2020)
Saving
the centre of academic excellence: The current
friction at Kathmandu University should not be
used as a tool to encourage unionisation, by
Achyut Wagle (03/03/2020)
Medical
Education Commission plans to roll out new
regulation: Colleges not up to the mark could
lose their permits, if they do not improve in
two years, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/02/2020)
At
one of country’s oldest campuses, no running
water, no toilets and few classes: Faced with a
resource crunch, Birgunj’s Thakur Ram Multiple
Campus, founded in 1952, has been struggling to
keep its legacy of academic excellence alive,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 26/02/2020)
Medical
colleges continue to overcharge students while
authorities remain passive: Students say the
Medical Education Commission has not taken any
action despite receiving complaints against some
colleges, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/02/2020)
Former
vice-chancellors warn government to stop
politicisation in universities: Retired
vice-chancellors see the draft Higher Education
Bill as an attempt to centralise power, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 05/02/2020)
Battle
of the moustache: Universities should produce
ideas and expand the sphere in such a way that
it becomes a force to be reckoned with, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 02/02/2020)
Government
plan to set up Ayurveda University concerns
Nepal Sanskrit University: After seeing a
continuous decline in Sanskirt students,
Sanskrit university itself is teaching Ayurveda
studies, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/01/2020)
How
politicisation is dragging Kathmandu University
down: Ever since the appointment of
vice-chancellor Ram Kantha Makaju, allegations
of financial impropriety and a monopoly over
decision-making have continued to haunt the
university, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/01/2020), Trouble
at Kathmandu University: Politicisation and
strife can ruin a revered institution (kp
28/01/2020), KU
lockout ends partially (ht 29/01/2020)
Lockout
at KU continues (ht 23/01/2020)
Tribhuvan
University introduces labour studies programme:
The four-semester course will cover topics like
labour economics, labour sociology, labour laws,
labour migration, labour diplomacy and labour
rights, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/01/2020)
Medical
commission ‘fails’ to enforce refund of excess
fee to students: Protesting students demand a
probe against commission’s Chair Dr Shree
Krishna Giri over an allegation that he demanded
bribes, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/01/2020)
Purbanchal
University marks anniversary amid protests: Two
of its administrative offices—the rooms of
vice-chancellor and registrar—have been
padlocked by various student unions for seven
months over disagreements about the appointment
of university officials, by Binod Bhandari
(kp 05/01/2020)
Irate
teachers, employees padlock KU departments, dean
offices (ht 03/01/2020)
Policy
Research Academy Bill registered in Upper House
(ht 03/01/2020)
Construction
of building for Madan Bhandari University starts
before Parliament endorses its bill: Project to
be funded by the Nepal government after the
Chinese government turns down proposal, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/12/2019) [Respect of laws obviously does not play
any role for the NCP-led government!]
Universities
stripped of power to grant affiliation to
medical colleges, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep
15/12/2019)
KU
professors, employees warn of stringent protest
(ht 14/12/2019)
Shortlisted
nominees for six vice-chancellor posts are close
to the ruling party: If political association
were to have primacy over merit, what was the
point of announcing vacancies, experts ask,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/12/2019) [This is a very special kind
of political corroption as practised by Nepal's
top politicians!]
KAHS
senate meeting uncertain, by Dhan Bahadur
Budha (rep 09/12/2019)
Failing
Education System Of Nepal, by Somy Paudyal
(rn 09/12/2019)
Construction
of Madan Bhandari university starts officially,
by Pratap Bista (kp 08/12/2019)
Students
of TU and its constituent colleges to get refund
for medical expenses (ht 08/12/2019)
Six
universities have been without vice-chancellors
for months, but government has done precious
little to appoint them: Committees formed to
recommend names are waiting for consensus among
parties, officials and experts say, by
Bionod Ghimire (kp 07/12/2019) [They have their almighty and
energetic chancellor Oli. What else do they need
Vice-Chancellors?]
Semester
System In Crisis, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
07/12/2019)
Reform
Agenda Before New VC, by Mukti Rijal (rn
05/12/2019)
Home
Ministry instructs police to arrest medical
college owners if they fail to refund students:
College operators refuse to budge and insist the
set fee ceiling is not scientific, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 26/11/2019), Medical
colleges to reimburse students, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 27/11/2019), Medical
students demand changes in agreement (ht
30/11/2019)
CMC
students demand refund of extra fee (ht
24/11/2019), Agitating
students manhandled, protest continues, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 24/11/2019)
Karnali
Campus closed for lack of students, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 23/11/2019)
Medical
colleges overcharge students by the millions but
face no consequences: As most college operators
have close relations with political parties,
they face no action for charging exorbitant fees
that are against regulations, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/11/2019)
Medical
students’ writ petition in top court (ht
20/11/2019)
TU
officials monitoring medical colleges charge
even taxi fares from them, by Bhuwan Sharma
(19/11/2019)
UMC
students start relay hunger strike (ht
16/11/2019)
Science
education: make it job-oriented, by Niranjan
Parajuli (ht 14/11/2019)
Return
the extra fees: The medical colleges would do
well to refrain from issuing threats of shutting
them down to pile pressure on the government
(ht 13/11/2019)
Chitwan
Medical College padlocked by protestors again:
Agitating students say they are going to padlock
the Education Unit until the college
administration addresses their demand, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 12/11/2019), Students
padlock Bhairahawa-based Universal Medical
College, by Mohammad Habib (rep 12/11/2019)
Government
gives 15-day ultimatum to medical colleges
(ht 12/11/2019)
Medical
colleges charged extra fees of nearly Rs3
billion in three years, a new report says: As
some colleges received fees without providing
bills, there has also been tax evasion, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/11/2019)
Medical
students urge home minister to initiate action
against defiant private colleges that are not
refunding additional fees: Minister Ram Bahadur
Thapa has asked for 15 days to set things right,
a student leader says, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/11/2019)
Ministry
seeks clarification from 15 academic
institutions: It may take action against the
institutions after 15 days if clarifications are
unsatisfactory (rep 08/11/2019), 15
colleges likely to face action: Education
ministry planning to scrap foreign courses
offered by them (ht 09/11/2019)
2-yr
rural stint enough for scholarship docs: SC
(ht 07/11/2019)
Medical
students seek refund of extra fee (ht
06/11/2019), Government
issues one directive after another to medical
colleges to refund additional fees, but has
taken no action as yet: Students from different
medical colleges in Capital to pressurise the
government and their colleges for increased fee
refunds, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/11/2019)
Different
criteria applied for selection of
vice-chancellor at TU and other universities:
Education experts suggest adopting a competitive
selection process in appointments across all
varsities, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/11/2019)
Medical
Education Commission gets shape (ht
05/11/2019)
Dr
Dharma Kant Banskota set to be appointed
Tribhuvan University vice-chancellor: The
education minister-led search committee will
choose top officials among the applicants in the
other seven universities, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 03/11/2019) [Never
ending political nominations and nepotism!],
VC
Banskota assumes office (kp 05/11/2019)
Chitwan
Medical College to adjust fees for first year
students: Agitating MBBS students, however, have
not agreed with the announcement of the college
administration, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
02/11/2019), Extra
fees will be adjusted, says CMC (ht
02/11/2019)
Filling
in the education gap: Students who move to the
Capital for higher education often find
themselves in a challenging and different
academic culture, by Arjun Bhattarai (kp
01/11/2019)
Dhangadi
to run technical institution if all goes as
planned (ht 31/10/2019)
Scholarship
quota for medical students increased (ht
22/10/2019), NMC
allocates seats for medical colleges (ht
22/10/2019)
Undue
demands: As medical colleges are related to
human life, they must be service-oriented, and
the service they provide should be affordable
(ht 22/10/2019)
No
new admissions, medical colleges warn (ht
21/10/2019)
A
commission formed to deal with controversies in
medical education is itself mired in
controversy: The Medical Education Commission is
allowing affiliations to nursing colleges,
despite a law that disallows any affiliations
until existing medical institutions are mapped,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/10/2019)
Medical
education cost up by up to 4.7pc (ht
19/10/2019)
Why
has the medical education sector not been
reformed? The defiance of medical college
operators and the government’s failure to
enforce the ceiling it has set for MBBS and BDS
courses lead students to be overcharged, which
is the cause of the prolonged agitation, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/10/2019)
Universities
are headless as government fails to agree on
vice-chancellors candidates: Nepali
Congress-affiliated professors’ union threatens
non-cooperation in universities if they are
ignored in the appointment process, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/10/2019)
Pick
the right man: To regain its lost glory, TU
needs someone with a vision who can bring about
the desired changes (ht 15/10/2019)
Government
in bid to resolve extra fee issue (ht
14/10/2019)
VC
talent search: No more political puppets, by
Ambika Mohan Joshee (ht 03/10/2019) [Install independent academic
chancellors and finally abolish the royal legacy
that the usually non-academic head of government
is chancellor of all higher academic
institutions.], Ailing,
Politicised Universities, by Mukti Rijal (rn
03/10/2019)
Field
study conducted to establish Madan Bhandari
University of Science and Technology in
Chitlang: After its establishment, the
university will be the first one to cater purely
to the field of science and technology, by
Pratap Bista (kp 02/10/2019)
Private
medical college operators threaten not to enrol
students in the present scenario: Dr Govinda KC
warns of another hunger strike if the
malpractices in medical education don’t stop,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/09/2019)
Absence
of post-graduate college in Parbat a hurdle for
aspiring students: Most undergraduate students
in the district are left with two choices—go out
of the district to pursue higher education or
discontinue their studies, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 26/09/2019)
National
Medical Commission revising fee structure for
MBBS course: Protesting students say setting new
fees structure is not enough without assurance
of its strict implementation, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/09/2019)
Medical
education in peril, again: The protesting
students’ demands to implement the new laws are
legitimate and valid (kp 18/09/2019)
Lawmakers’
impartiality questioned as they recommend
increase in MBBS quotas for medical colleges:
Despite commitment, the Speaker has failed to
ensure lawmakers are not assigned in the
committees where they can have a conflict of
interest, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/09/2019)
Will
Tribhuvan University be the first educational
institution to have a sexual harassment policy
in Nepal? Months after articles and news stories
about continued sexual harassment in the
country’s oldest and largest university, it
finally has put a team to work on addressing
these issues through a grievance mechanism,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 08/09/2019)
Supreme
Court stays IoM’s MBBS entrance test (ht
07/09/2019)
Ministry
directs TU to allocate 75 percent of seats in
medical colleges to scholarship students: We
want to see the commitments implemented,
students say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/09/2019)
KU
padlocked for one month (ht 06/09/2019)
Instead
of implementing law, government uses force to
break the padlock to hold entrance tests;
Students filing writ against the government
demanding implementation of National Medical
Education Act, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/09/2019)
In
lack of textbooks, college students rely on
online resources, by Dinesh Subedi (kp
05/09/2019)
Karnali
Academy of Health Sciences getting popular among
the rural folks (rep 02/09/2019)
Students
should be open to learning, not parrot party
beliefs unquestioned: Politicians, in filling
universities with party adherents, have helped
erode the strength of free thought that would
have come only with the right education, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 01/09/2019)
What
ails TU? Reform in TU is not possible without
strong government support. If any reform is
initiated, there is likely to be huge protest,
even closure of the university, by Ridish K.
Pokharel (rep 29/08/2019)
MA
English open for all at Tribhuvan University
(ht 25/08/2019)
Despite
concerns, top officials in universities are set
to be appointed on political sharing: The
government is ignoring the recommendations made
by a panel it had formed in May, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 21/08/2019) [After
the abolition of the authoritarian monarchy,
which in the recent history of the country was
mainly responsible for the exclusion of the
majority of the Nepalese population, the
non-inclusive political parties dominated by
male Bahun have infiltrated the entire state
apparatus in a very short time. This is
undemocratic, completely irresponsible and
highly politically corrupt!], No
regard for merit: It is unfortunate that
political sharing in universities persists
(kp 22/08/2019) [The
problem already starts with the PM! He must not
have any position in universities!!]
Microbiology
graduates demand licence: Of 2,000 microbiology
graduates, many have been denied licence to
practice (ht 21/08/2019)
Where
Are Universities Heading?, by Pramod Dhakal
(rn 19/08/2019)
TU
starts 4-year bachelor’s in humanities, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 12/08/2019)
Offices
of KU VC, registrar, deans padlocked (ht
12/08/2018)
While
existing universities flounder, provinces rush
to build new ones: Priority should be for
improving the existing universities,
educationists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/08/2019)
House
committee asks education minister to revise the
bill to amend University Acts: Lawmakers object
to provisions that could give space for further
politicisation of varsities, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/08/2019)
Making
of a good university: Keep politics at bay,
by Uttam Neupane (ht 05/08/2019), Integrity
in academic appointments: Keep politics out of
the selection process for university positions
(kp 06/08/2019), Recruiting
VCs in varsities: Merit should be the criteria,
by Mukti Rijal (ht 06/08/2019)
Madan
Bhandari - A new university, just like the old
ones: The government has proposed establishing a
new technical university, but its offerings
suggest it will specialise in all fields, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 31/07/2019)
More
than 18 months after Karki report, government
yet to take action against the accused: While
accused officials have questioned the report’s
legitimacy, experts say the government needs to
take a stand, by Nayak Paudel (kp
21/07/2019)
TU,
Nepal Police sign MoU for partnership (ht
18/07/2019)
At
a half-century-old Sanskrit college, there is a
will, but there is no money: Without funds, the
library at Balmiki Campus lies neglected in
ruins, by Alisha Sijapati (kp 17/07/2019)
Govt
sub-panel for revising medical education fees
(ht 16/07/2019)
Fee
structure for bachelor level medical courses
likely to increase: Medical colleges say the new
rate should be enough to run the institutions
effectively, by Nayak Paudel (kp 15/07/2019)
Reviving
humanities: Deeper understanding of problem
within humanities education in Nepal will help
us identify the reason behind its decline in
Tribhuvan University, by Biranchi Poudyal
(rep 15/07/2019)
Vice-chancellors
of several varsities to retire next month:
Experts suggest selection on merit ending
practice of picking officials based on their
political affiliation, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/07/2019) [It would be
best to nominate chancellors from the academic
circles! There is no justification to make the
PM the chancellor of any university!!]
Country’s
oldest university is becoming centre of
anomalies as fresh controversies surface: Cases
of irregularities, one after another, are
tarnishing the image of Tribhuvan
University, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/07/2019), Tribhuvan
University officials embroiled in yet another
power abuse scandal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 10/07/2019), Erosion
of academic standards: A decline of ethics,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 10/07/2019), What
is a university? It is a place where creative
freedom is explored, but TU has
almost stopped doing so for long (kp
11/07/2019), TU
Under Public Scrutiny, by Mukti Rijal (rn
11/07/2019)
TU
files sexual harassment FIR against teache:
rFirst time the varsity has done so, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 09/07/2019)
Varsity
offices vandalised, locked (ht 08/06/2019)
Tribhuvan
University to form committee to control
anomalies, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 07/07/2019)
Formation
of arts, culture academy delayed in Gandaki
Province, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 07/07/2019)
Writ
filed at Supreme Court demanding clarity in
provision on medical seats for foreign students:
Petition comes at a time when controversy is
raging in Dharan medical institute over
the issue, by Nayak Paudel (kp 04/07/2019)
10
Tribhuvan University officials face graft charge
for manipulating scores in job exams:The
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of
Authority found 33 answer sheets had been
tampered with, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/07/2019)
TU
confirms its official took bribes to manipulate
scores of a student University official: Ram
Bahadur Karmacharya and Patan Multiple Campus
student Surendra Koirala are in the CIAA custody,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/07/2019)
BPKIHS
defends its quota policy for foreign students:
The institute maintains it is managing foreign
student quotas as per the Medical Education Act,
by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 26/06/2019), Resident
doctors at BPKIHS in protest over foreign
student quota policy row: Doctors demand
one-third quota should apply in each department,
by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 28/06/2019)
Bar
on going abroad for studies before Plus Two
stayed (ht 22/06/2019)
Study
under way to conduct common entrance test and to
revise fees of medical colleges: Activists and
experts seek recommendations that benefit
students, rather than medical colleges, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 17/06/2019)
Ministry
to draft new bill to run five state medical
colleges under one body: Experts suggest proper
study and research before forming the bill,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 15/06/2019)
Sija
Multiple Campus: Students come for admission but
not for studies, by DB Budha (rep
09/06/2019)
Tribhuvan
University should change the way it handles
thesis writing: After years of sitting in exams
to protract the bevies of bullet points,
students are faced to deal with an unfamiliar
object, by Nirmal Acharya (kp 09/06/2019)
Private
medical colleges admit to charging extra fees to
their studentsCollege operators tell House
sub-committee that government-set fee structure
is unfeasible, by Nayak Paudel (kp
06/06/2019)
Administratively
dead: Just as TU is devoid of its intellectual
life, it is destitute of its administrative life
too. I, therefore, declare administrative death
of TU, by Ajit Rai (rep 28/05/2019)
PU
‘paralysed’ due to government interference,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 27/05/2019)
Maintaining
the sanctity of Nepali universities: Instead of
focusing on nurturing academic practices,
including research and innovation, the
government seems to be interested merely in
centralising power and curbing academic freedom,
by Kushal Pokharel (kp 26/05/2019)
Teachers
affiliated to Far-western University not paid
since 11 months, by Yogesh Rawal
(22/05/2019)
Mishra’s
departure throws the future of government think
tank into disarray: Insiders believe Chaitanya
Mishra’s discomfort with bureaucracy was
the primary reason for his resignation as
the head of Policy Research Academy, by Anil
Giri (kp 21/05/2019), Think
tank woes: The government’s promise of
cooperation has fallen short (kp 22/05/2019)
GMC
yet to return extra fees charged from
students (ht 21/05/2019)
Dadeldhura
Multiple Campus beset by cronyism and
political interference, by Pant (kp
20/05/2019)
Making
the system work: Tribhuvan University has not
been able to create basic infrastructure,
student-centric teaching model and other
facilities to properly run semester system,
by Biranchi Poudyal and Sangam Babu Malla (rep
19/05/2019)
SC
orders TU to allow foreign students
to sit for MBBS exam (ht 18/05/2019)
Choose
the best: Let’s have no more political
appointments at universities (kp 17/05/2019)
[And please remove the
Prime Minister's function as head of all
universities and academies that was taken over
from the erstwhile monarchy! A person with not
more than SLC education is in no way qualified
to head universities!], Prime
minister must not have power to sack university
officials, say former vice-chancellorsAround a
dozen retired university officials have demanded
that the prime minister respect the autonomy of
universities and not pass an amendment bill,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/05/2019), Ex-VCs
urge govt to depoliticize universities (rep
18/05/2019)
Politics-academics
Mess, by Mukti Rijal (rn 16/05/2019)
Task
force recommends university officials be picked
on merit basis: The government-instituted panel
suggests those accused of plagiarism should be
disqualified, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/05/2019)
Tainted
TU registrar Upreti promoted to professor; TU
Service Commission Chairman Chaitanya Sharma
promoting nepotism: TU officials , by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 13/05/2019), Saving
TU from infamy (rep 14/05/2019)
Frequent
strikes hit Agriculture and Forestry University
hard (ht 08/05/2019)
Govt
grills TU officials over unreturned MBBS fees
(rep 04/05/2019)
Anti-ragging
drive launched in colleges (kp 27/04/2019)
Colleges
admit students, PU refuses to register (ht
22/04/2019), Follow
the
criteria: A university has the right to set its
standard, and affiliated colleges must abide by
the rules to ensure quality of education (ht
23/04/2019)
Student
organisations padlocked central office of
Pokhara University, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
19/04/2019)
TU
yet to clear over Rs 21 billion of arrears
(kp 18/04/2019)
How
Tribhuvan
University let students down after a sexual
harassment case: Students at the university
filed a sexual harassment complaint but instead
of taking action, university officials
facilitated a compromise between the five women
and the teachers accused of harassing them,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 09/04/2019)
Army’s
plan
for defence university stokes debate over who
should pay for it: Nepal Army has said the
institution will be a homegrown project even as
multiple countries offer support to set it up,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/04/2019)
Pokhara
Academy
of Health Sciences still unable to run
classes: We won’t be able to conduct classes
without the final approval of Nepal
Medical Council, says Vice-chancellor Buddhi
Bahadur Thapa, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
06/04/2019)
New
University In The Offing, by Prem Khatry (rn
02/04/2019)
Medical
colleges
told to return extra fees charged to students
within a month: Colleges stand to face stern
action, including termination of affiliation
with TU, if they fail to follow the directive
(kp 22/03/2019)
Bill
proposes sack of university chiefs through
senate majority, draws flak, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 21/03/2019)
Tribhuvan
University,
Institute of Medicine offices padlocked: Ruling
party student unions demand problems at medical
colleges be addressed, by Arjun Poudel (kp
20/03/2019)
UGC
doles out Rs 25 million to campuses not meeting
criteria, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep 18/03/2019)
Resignation
of
top officials continues in KU: Bipin Adhikari
quits as dean of School of Law, expresses demur
over vice-chancellor’s working style (kp
17/03/2019)
BPKIHS
without Vice-Chancellor, by Rohit Rai (rep
16/03/2019)
Council
instructs
varsities to stop medical colleges from
‘fleecing’ students: Scores of students had
filed complaints against colleges saying they
were being charged more than the fee set by the
government, by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/03/2019)
Gandaki
Medical
College students warn of moving court against
steep fees: Students say authorities did not pay
heed to their concerns, by Nayak Paudel (kp
01/03/2019), NMA
finds Gandaki medical college charging MBBS
students extra fees, by Anita Shrestha (ht
02/03/2019)
Woman
chief sought for Padma Kanya campus (ht
28/02/2019)
Changunarayan
Municipality to manage engineering college
(kp 18/02/2019)
Government
nod for tech university, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 13/02/2019)
Devise
criteria
for students pursuing medical degrees abroad:
Council: The suggestion came after hundreds of
MBBS graduates from Bangladesh and China failed
licence tests, by Nayak Paudel (kp
08/02/2019)
Shah
appointed new vice-chancellor of health academy,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 07/02/2019)
Biotechnology:
Great opportunity in bio-economy, by Ajnish
Ghimire (ht 05/02/2019)
TU,
KU not to issue new affiliation to pvt medical
colleges (rep 04/02/2019)
Ministeries
at odds over panel’s advice: Bringing academies
under Education Ministry is a sore issue (kp
01/02/2019)
A
dream deferred: Why aren’t Nepal’s universities
attracting young Nepali scholars from abroad?,
by Dinesh Kafle (kp 01/02/2019)
When
teachers
fail: There are many university teachers who
can’t understand and speak English well but are
‘teaching’ in English medium, by Rishi Ram
Paudyal (rep 27/01/2018)
Panel
calls
for halting college affiliation until new laws
are in place: Acts in need to define
jurisdiction of provincial and federal
governments, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/01/2019)
Govt
proposes to set up two medical colleges: The
medical education bill also envisages a medical
education university (ht 13/01/2019), Opposition
calls for consensus on Medical Education Bill,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 14/01/2019)
Affiliation
at Agriculture University postponed: Admission
process is halted at eight private colleges
(kp 12/01/2019)
Not
to let: The government must form a strong body
to probe into TU land acquisition (kp
11/01/2019)
Dr
KC to launch 16th hunger strike today: Demands
end to ‘mafia reign’ in medical sector, by
Biplaw Bhattarai (kp 09/01/2019), NCP
lawmakers
bulldoze Medical Education Bill through House
panel: KC starts 16th hunger strike objecting to
change in provisions, by Nayak Paudel (kp
10/01/2019), Respect
Public Interests, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
12/01/2019)
Cultivating
intellectual curiosity: Learning and knowledge
acquisition is a dynamic, long-term and a
complex process, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp
09/01/2019)
TU
trying to attract students to History: In the
last academic year, number of students opting
for History as a major was nil (ht
04/01/2019)
TU
vice-chancellor
‘unaware’ of sexual harassment charges against
professor: Retired Tribhuvan University
professor teaches at private colleges and is
invited to speak at prestigious forums, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 26/12/2018)
Students
vandalise far western campus (kp 20/12/2018)
‘Set
up new colleges based on Nepal’s human resource
need’, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/12/2018)
Malaises
Plague University, by Mukti Rijal (rn
20/12/2018)
34
Indian students of Janaki Medical College denied
MBBS exam, by Santosh Singh (kp 19/12/2018)
Nepal
Academy gets full shape (kp 18/12/2018)
Science
Academy suffers shortage of staff (kp
17/12/2018)
Feasibility
study of medical course begins in Jumla (kp
17/12/2018), Dr.
KC’s deadline on demands expires today: Govt
team at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
(rep 17/12/2018), Assured
by House panel, KC puts off protest plan, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 18/12/2018)
Agri
Varsity to run two affiliate colleges (kp
16/12/2018)
VC
Koirala keeps courting controversy at
Mid-western University, by Narendra
Upadhyaya (rep 10/12/2018)
Student
intake rises 2pc in 3 years at Tribhuvan
University (kp 05/12/2018)
Protest
hinders classes of Agriculture and Forestry
University, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
03/12/2018), Obstruction
in forestry university set to end, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/12/2018)
Delay
in key appointments hits regular work at NAMS
(ht 29/11/2018)
National
Academy of Medical Sciences: Doctors’ dubious
admission process courts controversy, by
Nayak Pudel (kp 23/11/2018)
Agriculture
and Forestry University vandalised (kp
15/11/2018), Agriculture
and Forestry University in Chitwan vandalised,
set ablaze (ht 15/11/2018)
Rice
University to offer leadership programme (kp
03/11/2018)
Go-ahead
for
Madan Bhandari university: Cabinet permits the
Education Ministry to draft law for the
university with exclusive focus on Science and
Technology, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/10/2018)
Ministry
in 10pc medical fee hike talks (kp
11/10/2018)
'Barrier'
policy for MBBS/BDS students questioned: Makes
govt scholarships a waste of state funds, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 11/10/2018)
Scholars
call for action to develop Buddhist varsity
(kp 01/10/2018)
‘Locating’
the
Missing History Students: At face value, the
number of history students at Tribhuvan
University is declining sharply. But do the
numbers put the issue in proper perspective?,
by Pratyoush Onta (kp 29/09/2018)
IOM
medical
and dental entrance exams begin today: Overall,
17,660 students have submitted their forms to
take various medical entrance exams conducted by
the Institute of Medicine (kp
22/09/2018)
Proposal
on University for Peace approved (ht
21/09/2018)
TU
passes Rs 21.1 billion budget for current fiscal
year (rep 19/09/2018)
Foreign
degrees,
domestic colleges: While international
universities partnering with domestic colleges
are a good thing, care must be taken to ensure
that these foreign varsities are reputable,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/09/2018), Reversing
the brain drain: Unlikely as it may seem, Nepal
has the potential to become an education hub for
foreign students, say experts and practitioners,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/09/2018), As
country continues to face a qualified human
resource crunch, graduates from
foreign-affiliated colleges are starting
enterprises and working in leading professional
positions (kp 16/09/2018)
No
more
crawling: The academic peers at TU seem to be
adopting ‘crawling’ approach when it comes to
TU’s institutional development, by Pranab
Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep 16/09/2018)
TU
criticized for multiple mistakes in question
paper (rep 12/09/2018)
TU
VC office vandalized over question paper leakage
(rep 07/09/2018)
Anarchy
In University Affiliation, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 06/09/2018)
Lockout
affects work at Forestry and Agriculture
University in Chitwan (ht 06/09/2018)
BPKIHS
academic block handed over despite 28 major
faults, show records (rep 27/08/2018)
‘Tribhuvan
University should strive for quality education’
(kp 21/08/2018)
Students
bearing the brunt of varsity’s negligence
(ht 21/08/2018)
House
panel to consult KC on Medical Edu Bill
(kp 20/08/2018), There’s
nothing more to discuss: KC (kp 30/08/2018)
Medical
commission will not hold common entrance test
(kp 19/08/2018) [Lacking
political will!]
Going
private: Enrolment in public colleges have
fallen by half in the last decade; private
schools are reaping the benefits, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/08/2018), The
streams not taken: While technical public
institutions of higher education are among the
best in the country, non-technical schools
suffer from politicization and a lack of
leadership and oversight, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 16/08/2018), Fallow
grounds: pursuing a future in forestry and
agriculture, by Alisha Sijapati (kp
16/08/2018)
Founding
failures: Although the country requires new
universities, they must be able to cater to the
needs of students, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/08/2018)
By
the law, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 16/08/2018)
Need
for more regulations, but also innovation,
interview with Dev Raj Adhikari (kp 16/08/2018)
KC
slams ‘dubious’ appointment process’ (kp
16/08/2018)
Over
71 per cent medical students fail licensing
examination (ht 13/08/2018)
TU
fails to provide transcripts within a day,
by Bikan K Dawadi (rep 07/08/2018)
Edu
Ministry halts NOC for Mauritius (kp
06/08/2018)
Purbanchal
Univ defies Centre, plans to affiliate private
colleges, by Binod Bhandari (kp 03/08/2018)
Tri-Chandra,
Nepal's first college in dire straits, by
Diya Dhakal (rep 03/08/2018)
Reforms
In Medical Education, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
02/08/2018)
TU
associate professor plagiarizes to get promotion
(rep 02/08/2018), We
are taking plagiarism seriously: TU Service
Commission (rep 03/08/2018)
Affiliation
to private colleges stopped (ht 02/08/2018)
Zero
student in masters' programs after semester
system introduced, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
31/07/2018)
TU
officials accused over NMC affiliation dismiss
panel report: The government has assured that
action will be initiated against the 43 accused
within two months, by Nayak Paudel (kp
30/07/2018), TU
dismisses MEPC report, rejects action: Stance
goes against govt-Dr KC agreement, by Bishnu
Prasad Aryal (rep 30/07/2018), Punish
tainted TU officials (rep 31/07/2018)
Govt
criticized
for permitting pvt agricultural, forestry
colleges: After medical sector education, mafias
have now eyed the agriculture and other sectors
(rep 30/07/2018)
Reforming
Medical Education, by Mukti Rijal (rn
26/07/2018), Controversy
Over Medical Bill, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
26/07/2018), Politics
of Medical Education, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
27/07/2018)
Greater
Reforms Needed, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
25/07/2018)
CNAS:
Overcoming Hurdles, by Prem Khatry (rn
24/07/2018)
Nepal
Needs More Doctors, by Pradipna Raj Panta
(rn 23/07/2018)
PM
Oli pushes TU to prepare HR plan (kp
22/07/2018) [A PM should
not be chancellor of a university! He lacks
independence and competence! This is one of the
remnants of royal absolutism! Someone with not
more education than SLC cannot be the chancellor
of a university!!]
The
reign of error: The govt should use its majority
to do good, not undermine academic autonomy,
by Pramod Mishra (kp 19/07/2018)
Teachers
join student protests against Agri Univ’s tie-up
(kp 17/07/2018)
Tikapur
Campus
fighting to get back its 300 bigha land: The
Kamaiyas started encroaching on the land of the
campus from July 8, 2006, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 12/07/2018)
Evidence
should guide policy: Dr KC’s demand to open
medical colleges in rural regions is impractical
to fulfil, by Sujan B Marahatta and Santa M
Tamang (kp 11/07/2018)
TU,
Bharatpur metropolis to open engineering college
(ht 10/07/2018)
Prof
Koirala didn’t have permission to fly: Home
minister: Oppn party terms it ‘fascist terror’
by govt (rep 09/07/2018), University
of British Colombia dismayed and shamed (rep
09/07/2018)
Health
Profession Education: Policy sets a precedent
for future public policies, interview with
Kedar Bhakta Mathema (kp 09/07/2018)
Rampur
Agriculture Campus re-opens, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 08/07/2018)
Govt
registers
National: Medical Education Bill: Legislation
does not address concerns raised by Dr Govinda
KC; Congress leader Thapa says party will block
the bill’s passage (kp 07/07/2018), All
three levels of leftist government ignore RAHS,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 07/07/2018), PM
sticks
to his guns: Prime Minister Oli says Maitighar
Mandala will remain no-protest zone; Kathmandu
will have more medical colleges to stem student
outflow, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/07/2018) [,,,and, especially, to fill
the pockets of leading NCP politicians and their
clientele!], Dr
KC’s health ‘worsens’, by LP Devkota (kp
08/07/2018), A
mare’s nest: The ongoing predicament in
humanities and medical education calls for
everyone to fight their corner more effectively,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 08/07/2018), Govt
puts
national medical bill on hold: Officials say the
govt decided not to table the bill after
learning that the NC would obstruct the House if
it did so (kp 13/08/2018), Govt
drops plan to table Medical Education Bill
(rep 13/07/2018)
Legal
void likely in medical education after Wednesday
(rep 03/07/2018)
Common
medical entrance exams unlikely this session,
by Nayan Paudel (kp 02/07/2018)
Bill
for Med Edu Ordinance tabled: Altering of major
provisions will allow more medical colleges in
Kathmandu Valley, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
30/06/2018), Dr
KC starts hunger strike in Jumla (kp
01/07/2018) [Brutal
police force against against peaceful civil
society action!], Dr
KC starts 15th hunger strike, is briefly
arrested, by DB Budha (rep 01/07/2018), Replacement
medical education bill draws flak (rep
01/01/2018), Congress
blocks
replacement bill: Raising questions over process
and contents, opposition wants major provisions
of the ordinance retained, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 02/07/2018), Medical
education bill withdrawn: Old law to come into
force from Wednesday amid protests, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 02/07/2018), Regressive
bill:
The replacement bill the govt is planning to
introduce will deal a blow to efforts at
improving medical education (ht 03/07/2018)
Thapa
presses govt over medical education ordinance
replacement bill (rep 28/06/2018)
Reforming
higher
education: It is necessary to reform existing
teacher hiring system which focuses much on
testing content knowledge rather than
candidates’ research and professional skills,
by Prem Phyak (rep 21/06/2018)
Confucius
Institute to be set up at TU (kp 18/06/2018)
MoEST
to monitor colleges affiliated to foreign
varsities (ht 14/06/2018)
Ministry
takes five decisions to 'improve medical
education' (rep 13/06/2018)
Med
panel mulls holding common entrance test, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 10/06/2018)
Rajbiraj
campus remains padlocked for three months over
affiliation (ht 09/06/2018)
Dr
KC threatens to launch fresh protest (kp
08/06/2018), Endorse
Medical Education Act immediately: Dr KC
(rep 08/06/2018)
Medical
Education Commission to allocate scholarships
(ht 05/06/2018)
Reviving
TU:
The only force that can transform TU in the
immediate future is university students who are
bearing the brunt of its intellectual demise,
by Ajit Rai (rep 05/06/2018)
700
permanent TU teachers in Valley are under-worked,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 04/06/2018)
Court
upholds
decision to cut medical fees: Private medical
colleges had moved the court demanding scrapping
of Rs2.2m fee ceiling (kp 29/05/2018)
TU
to provide transcript in a single day (kp
28/05/2018)
Lack
of fund hits rebuilding of university properties
(kp 27/05/2018)
Eleven
university contact offices in Kathmandu valley
to be closed (ht 26/05/2018)
Medical
students protest against exorbitant fees (kp
15/05/2018), ‘Scrap
medical colleges that break fee ceiling’ (kp
16/05/2018), Pvt
medical colleges under TU charging extra fees
for PG students (rep 16/05/2018), Medical
students stage sit-in outside VC Khaniya’s
office (kp 17/05/2018)
TU
deprives teachers of Chinese scholarships,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 15/05/2018)
KUSoEd
grads to form alumni (kp 14/05/2018)
Transitioning
to
research in a subaltern university: A subaltern
history of research (in) universities like TU
would allow us to rescue the unknown MA thesis
writer from the ‘enormous condescension’
of the academic historians who have documented
the history of higher education/research in
elite universities world over, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 12/05/2018)
Academic
blues: Public universities should serve the
larger public and not those at the helm of
affairs (kp 09/05/2018)
TU
senate meeting put off (kp 07/05/2018)
FCGO
provides research grant to university students
(ht 05/05/2018)
20
per cent attendance must in NOU (ht
29/04/2018)
Failed
student-led
rebuilding of TU: A proposed initiative to
re-build TU’s quake-damaged buildings by raising
money from the alumni could have
potentially changed the university’s future in a
dramatic way; but it was not to be, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 28/04/2018)
Academy
opens to teach Newari architecture (kp
27/04/2018)
Redesigning
our
universities: Teachers and students and the
public alike will be thirstier for new knowledge
if university education is defined as and
designed for putting research first, by
Shyam Sharma (rep 26/04/2018)
Central
Department of Psychology padlocked (ht
24/04/2018)
TU
to shut unpopular departments, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 21/04/2018)
What
private colleges can do: Without greater
advancement and integration of research,
academic and professional development support,
and innovation in teaching, private colleges can
no longer justify their cost or define their
social contribution, by Shyam Sharma (rep
10/04/2018)
NEB
begins discussion on admission criteria (ht
08/04/2018)
TU
campuses to be made tobacco-free zone (ht
07/04/2018)
First
year law admissions halt as union locks office
(kp 05/04/2018)
House
endorses HPE Ordinance: Law bars
establishment of new medical schools
in Kathmandu Valley for a decade, by Manish
Gautam (kp 04/04/2018), Drawing
the line: Law prohibiting establishment of new
medical colleges in Kathmandu for 10 years is
positive (kp 05/04/2018), ‘Govt
should bring replacement bill soon’ (ht
05/04/2018)
IoM
awaits TU approval for medical seats, fees,
by Manish Gautam (kp 03/04/2018)
NSU,
Oxford University sign agreement: To conduct
joint researches, exchange programmes (ht
25/03/2018)
Now
Dr KC takes aim at TU VC Khaniya (rep
17/03/2018)
TU
is dead: TU has degenerated into an
intellectually dead institution. If it had been
kept away from baneful political meddling, it
would be alive, by Ajit Rai (rep
01/03/2018), Why
I said TU is dead: Serious intellectual effort
made by few ideal professors is not enough to
produce the force strong enough to propel
intellectual engine of a university, by Ajit
Rai (rep 14/03/2018)
Commission
seizes papers from forest university: A team
from Hetauda raided Agriculture University
(ht 25/02/2018)
Implement
the report: The probe panel has made a fine set
of proposals to ensure quality medical education,
by Kahar Singh Khadka (kp 23/02/2018)
All
eyes on Oli-led government over its possible
move on HPE Act, by Manish Gautam (kp
20/02/2018)
Semester
system leads to decline of student politics at
colleges (ht 20/02/2018)
LAN-AITM,
Rice University to launch training initiative
(ht 17/02/2018)
Dozen
plus outfits run non-TU activities on its
premises, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
14/02/2018)
TU
blames SC, MEPC for its own weaknesses (rep
12/02/2018)
NOU
set to launch master’s degree programme (ht
11/02/2018)
Enabling
semester system, by Jiva Nath Lamsal (rep
11/02/2018)
Quake-damaged
technical academy to be rebuilt (ht
11/02/2018)
Probe
committee suggests reforms in medical education
(ht 06/02/2018), Student
unions demand immediate resignation of top TU
officials (rep 06/02/2018)
Pvt
med colleges demand extra Rs1 million from MBBS
students, by Manish Gautam (kp 31/01/2018),
TU
unable to take action against medical colleges
(rep 31/01/2018)
TU
to implement semester system across country
(ht 31/01/2018)
CTEVT
to open technical colleges in all provinces
(ht 28/01/2018)
Protest
on at Agriculture and Forestry University
(ht 26/01/2018)
No
medical college for MBBS degree in two provinces,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 23/01/2018)
TU
to introduce credit transfer system (ht
20/01/2018)
Unleashing
opportunity: Reforms in higher education must,
by Bishwo Bandhu Pokharel (ht 17/01/2018)
Time
for overhaul: When I did not allow the student
to cheat, he formed a ‘gang’ and was waiting to
punish me outside, by Jiva Nath Lamsal (rep
16/01/2018)
Being
a ‘smart’ student: If the formal courses in
Nepali universities come with their contextual
limitations, being smart means being alert to
contemporaneous opportunities elsewhere, by
Pratyoush Onta (kp 13/01/2018)
Supreme
Court reinstates Dr Sharma as IoM dean (ht
08/01/2018), SC
ruling on IoM dean splits legal experts (kp
08/01/2018), Fresh
dispute looms over IoM (kp 11/01/2018), Govt
inks five-point agreement with Dr KC (ht
13/01/2018), TU,
IoM not on the same page over dean (kp
16/01/2018)
UGC
spending on research negligible (ht
08/01/2018)
TU’s
‘lingering’
in seat endorsement jeopardised medicine
programme: IoM; TU council has to endorse the
total number of seats before IoM can begin
counseling of the students (kp 07/01/2018),
Bowing
to pressure, TU endorses seat allocation (kp
08/01/2018)
The
other way around: With the right policies, Nepal
can be turned into a destination for foreign
students, by Rajesh Chapagain (kp
07/01/2018)
Staff
protest at kist medical college: Students urge
IoM, NMC to resolve college dispute (kp
05/01/2018)
Medicine
studies: Test compulsory before pursuing
postgrad abroad (kp 01/01/2018)
Reforming
TU from below: Those who work in TU and are
brave enough to not bow down to party-based
apparatchiks have to step up, by Pratyoush
Onta (kp 28/12/2017)
Reversing
the
brain drain: Exposure to international curricula
makes students more competent and qualifies them
for job options globally (kp 28/12/2017)
Aboard
the MBA train (kp 28/12/2017), Ready
for the market (kp 28/12/2017)
NAMS
to run bachelor’s levelprogramme on optometry
(ht 26/12/2017)
High
Court upholds earlier stay on IoM (kp
22/12/2017)
MBBS
fees at med schools: IoM takes steps to curb
overcharging (kp 17/12/2017)
Educationists
demand ranking of colleges (ht 17/12/2017)
Student
unions, TU trade blame at delay in Master’s
degree exams in Valley, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (kp 13/12/2017)
Less
number of students going abroad to study
medicine (ht 12/12/2017)
MBBS
entrance test: Fresh exam on Dec 2 under tight
security, by Manish Gautam (kp 02/12/2017),
IoM
conducts MBBS entrance test amid tight security
(kp 03/12/2017), IoM
publishes MBBS entrance re-examination results:
The pass percentage this year is comparatively
lower than that of last year (ht 05/12/2017)
KU
to start master’s level study in technical and
vocational education (kp 30/11/2017)
Medical
college under PU runs into controversy: MoE, NMC
in dark about decision to let Koshi Zonal
Hospital run MBBS course (kp 28/11/2017)
IoM
to seek police help to conduct MBBS test:
Entrance examination to be held on December 2
amid tight security (kp 26/11/2017), Entrance
a must for overseas PG courses (ht
26/11/2017)
NMC
turns
down KU’s request to add up quotas: 3 months
after the NMC fixed quotas, KU on November 16
requested for added MBBs seats (kp
25/11/2017)
TU
leaves it for the IoM to decide on test
legitimacy, by Anuj Kumar Adhikari (kp
17/11/2017), IoM
voids MBBS entrance exam, to fix new date soon
(kp 20/11/2017)
Ministry
presses NMC to allocate seats to National
(kp 07/11/2017)
Same
old syllabus: College students are going abroad
since they can’t get modern research-based
education here, by Pragyan Bhattarai (kp
29/10/2017)
Entrance
exam
cheating case: Prolonged probe to affect TU’s
MBBS calendar; An investigation is under way
after some students were caught using wireless
devices to cheat in the IoM entrance test,
by Manish Gautam (kp 28/10/2017), Papers
might have been leaked, police tell IoM: No
involvement of IoM officials: Crime division,
by Manish Gautam (kp 06/11/2017)
Sanskrit
getting popular among foreign students, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 26/10/2017)
Focusing
on
innovation: Today’s medical school curricula
need to incorporate core aspects of innovation
to ensure quality health care, by Manoj
Bhattarai (kp 20/10/2017)
11
held from MBBS entrance test (kp 15/10/2017)
House
passes bill to set up varsity in Province 2
(kp 13/10/2017)
Few
students opting for language major at TU (ht
10/10/2017)
Prof
Gajurel’s strike enters 12th day (ht
09/10/2017)
Bill
tabled to set up medical academy in in Dang’s
Ghorahi (kp 07/10/2017), Bill
endorsed
to set up new health academy in Dang: Health
Minister Pokharel says setting up Rapti Academy
of Health Sciences will expand medical access to
public in the region (kp 11/10/2017)
Colleges
told
to follow govt-set fee structure: The IoM has
instructed the private medical
colleges not to charge fees in arbitrary basis
(kp 17/09/2017)
House
to
pass Acts on two varsities before dissolution:
Bills to set up Nepalgunj University in Banke
and Rajarshi Janak in Dhanusha are under
consideration in the Committee on Women,
Children and Elderly Citizens (kp
16/09/2017)
TU
body without member-secretary for 3 months,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 15/09/2017)
Communication
academy soon, says minister (kp 10/09/2017)
Teachers,
professors warn of stern agitation (kp
06/09/2017)
TU
panel ‘falsified’ National College inspection
report, by Manish Gautam (kp 22/08/2017), National’s
Ghattekulo hospital run illegally, by Manish
Gautam (kp 23/08/2017), Cronyism
to the maximum: Investigate the falsified report
that granted KNMC affiliation and punish the
guilty (kp 23/08/2017), Dr
KC demands annulment of Kathmandu National
affiliation, by Manish Gautam (kp
24/08/2017), TU
remains defiant despite broadcriticism over
national med college (kp 26/08/2017), Kathmandu
National Hospital will be shut: Health Ministry
(kp 29/08/2017), TU
suspends Kathmandu National Medical College
affiliation (rep 03/09/2017), NMA
urges Deuba to scrap KNMC affiliation (kp
04/09/2017), TU
scraps
National Medical College affiliation: Fresh
inspection by a varsity-formed team finds
facility without doctors, patients and staff
(kp 07/09/2017), The
next step forward: TU’s decision to rescind its
misinformed decision on KNMC was much needed
(kp 08/09/2017)
National
denies merit students admission, again, by
Manish Gautam (kp 06/08/2017)
Academic
Accommodations For Disabled, by Dev Datta
Joshi (rn 05/08/2017)
MPs’
reservations block endorsement of Health
Profession Education Bill, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 30/07/2017)
IoM
asst deans refuse to assume office: Say they
have been given ‘ambiguous office term’ (kp
27/07/2017)
Lumbini
Buddhist University senate endorses master-plan,
new degrees (rep 26/07/2017)
SC’s
interim
order denial paves way for merit grads’
admission: Apex court rejects enrolled students’
plea for halt in new admissions (kp
21/07/2017)
TU
to
resume BSc agriculture classes (ht
19/07/2017)
Not
a
single college, univ property rebuilt in 2 yrs:
The main administrative building of the TU
having offices of vice-chancellor, rector and
the registrar, was totally destroyed (kp
18/07/2017)
State
of
confusion: There was a suggestion from a former
vice chancellor of a university to do away with
publication of journal articles and books,
by Pranab Kharel (rep 16/07/2017)
Docs’
associations
press Universal to admit listed grads (kp
15/07/2017)
MD/MS
adminission:
Two medical colleges seek hefty extra sums,
by Manish Gautam (kp 14/07/2017)
Reversing
brain
drainLosing thousands of youths to other
countries every year is bad; we must create
incentives for them to return home, by
Byanjana Sharma (kp 13/07/2017)
PMO
tells
colleges to admit merit grads (kp
08/07/2017)
Petition
against
med college admission denial: Apex court
postpones hearing by five days (kp
05/07/2017)
Agriculture
and
Forestry University padlocked: Affiliation to
private colleges caused stir (ht 05/07/2017)
Questions
raised
over TU examinations office (ht 04/07/2017)
Universal
and
National deny enrolment again, by Manish
Gautam (kp 01/07/2017), NMA
tells
med colleges to honour merit list (kp
02/07/2017), Postgraduate
admission
rules flouted: Medical colleges in bid to seek
political refuge (kp 03/07/2017)
Disregard
of
the merit list is but an example of malpractices
in medical education sector (kp 30/06/2017)
Enrol
students
on merit basis: SC (kp 29/06/2017)
Emerging
Young Generation, by Prem Khatry (rn
27/06/2017)
Students
on
merit list denied seats: National, Universal
colleges say their quotas are full, by
Manish Gautam (kp 25/06/2017), Students
warn
of stern protest (kp 26/06/2017)
Burning
Issues In University Curriculum, by Kushal
Pokharel (rn 24/06/2017)
Helpless
giant:
Nepal’s oldest and largest university has been
stumbling from one problem to another, by
Dharani Kumar Sharma (kp 23/06/2017)
Medical
colleges told to cancel illegal postgraduate
admissions (rep 23/06/2017)
Dr
Thapa
continues as KU registrar (kp 20/06/2017)
Experts
raise concern over fees charged by medical
colleges (rep 18/06/2017), Experts
raise
concerns over exorbitant fees (kp
20/06/2017), Rs
3.1m
fee set for MD/MS courses (kp 22/06/2017)
TU
plans to buy plagiarism checking tools at
exorbitant price (rep 14/06/2017)
Adapt
and
learn: Even when we know how we are supposed to
behave in a new system, we don’t realize we are
resisting or not making the shift, by Shyam
Sharma (rep 14/06/2017)
Industry-Academy
Interface:
Together they bloom; The recruiters, to their
dismay, are rarely able to find right hires from
among new graduates, by Roshee Lamichhane
Bhushal (rep 14/06/2017)
Edu
Ministry
instructs TU to set MD/MS fees (kp
08/06/2017), Delay
in
fixing PG fees to hit IoM table: oM has yet to
counsel students who are set to be assigned to
different medical colleges affiliated to TU
(kp 08/06/2017)
Irregularities
in
admission process: NMC, Universal told to follow
merit system; The institute of Medicine writes
to the National Medical College and the
Universal Medical College to enrol students
based on merit after it was reported that they
had been admitting students charging exorbitant
fees, by Manish Gautam (kp 02/06/2017)
State-owned
campuses fail to deliver quality education: 300
to 600 students are enrolled in a single class
at Tri-Chandra Campus, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (rep 25/05/2017)
Agriculture
and Forestry University finally gets
administrative building, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (rep 20/05/2017)
TU
teachers to stage protest from Thursday (rep
17/05/2017)
Health
Ministry
suspends Manipal licence (kp 01/05/2017)
Affiliation
to
colleges: Lumbini Buddhist University flouting
rules: Report, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/04/2017)
Restructuring
Universities, by Mukti Rijal (rn 30/03/2017)
Controversial
Appointments, by Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang
(rn 18/03/2017)
Semester
system for master's level in all TU Valley
campuses (rep 15/03/2017)
Committee
tells govt to transform NAMS into an umbrella
university (rep 15/03/2017)
Rs9m
Japanese
grant for KU (kp 14/03/2017)
Govt
appoints
VCs at four health institutes (kp
03/03/2017), Govt
breaches poll code, appoints 4 VCs (rep
03/03/2017)
TU,
KU
part of Unesco Chair programme (kp
27/02/2017)
Unpaid
staffers
padlock Janaki Medical College (ht
24/02/2017)
‘Uni
education
should produce capable people’: Prez says
well-educated and skilled youths could propel
country towards the path of development (kp
21/02/2017)
Studying
abroad:
It can be a boon if we find out why students
leave Nepal and come up with ways to attract
them back, by Rajesh Chapagain and Ratna
Bhattarai (kp 17/02/2017)
Scholarship
students say medical colleges cheating them,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 16/02/2017)
Protest
against
KU shutdown (kp 04/02/2017)
Health
Ministry
set to run PG programmes in big govt hospitals:
Each student who wishes to be enrolled in the
course will have to sign a bond first, says
Minister Thapa, by Manish Gautam (kp
03/02/2017)
KU
padlocked
for past 11 days; classes hit (kp
02/02/2017)
Seed
processing
centre at agriculture university (ht
24/01/2017)
TU
reluctant to issue appointment letters to
assistant lecturers (rep 23/01/2017)
VC
posts
in 3 med academies: Panel starts review of
application (kp 22/01/2017)
Dr
Makaju
reappointed as VC of KU, by Manish Gautam
(kp 21/01/2017)
PM
to
seek work plan from VC nominees before
appointment, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/01/2017), PM
Dahal
yet to appoint VC at KU (kp 10/01/2017), Sr
KU
officials demand Senate meeting pronto (kp
12/01/2017)
10
doctors’
associations against TU Senate decision (kp
07/01/2017)
Valley’s
public
colleges losing their sheen? Number of students
in public campuses in Kathmandu and Lalitpur has
been on the decline, thanks to their failure to
offer new academic courses, by Samipa Khanal
(kp 06/01/2017)
Rediscovering
Tribhuvan University, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
06/01/2017)
PM
Dahal
stresses need of reforming TU (kp
05/01/2017)
ANNISU-R
padlocks medical colleges, VC offices (rep
16/12/2016)
KU
VC
appointment: Minister-led search panel yet to
recommend Makaju’s successor, by Manish
Gautam and Binod Ghimire (kp 12/12/2016), Three-member
panel
fails to reach unanimity (kp 13/12/2016), KU
faces
leadership void first time in 25 years: Search
committee yet to reach consensus on VC
appointment, by Manish Gautam and Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/12/2016), KU
urges
MoE to pick acting VC for smooth operations
(kp 15/12/2016), KU
registrar
to be acting VC (kp 18/12/2016), VC
appointment
at KU marred by politics (kp 21/12/2016), Search
panel
recommends five names for KU VC (kp
26/12/2016), No
to
politicisation: KU’s reputation as an
independent and credible educational institution
is at stake (kp 27/12/2016), Politics
Usurps Academic Space, by Mukti Rijal
(29/12/2016)
Cheerleaders
for
education: The TU leadership must quickly
implement training programs for faculties,
create academic support beyond class for
students and take up advocacy, by Shyam
Sharma (rep 12/12/2016)
PAHS
examination:
Govt launches probe into MBBS entrance results
(kp 05/12/2016)
PM
Dahal
pledges additional budget to NAST (ht
03/12/2016)
Sanskrit
University moving to lease 200 bigha land to
Patanjali, by Devendra Basnet (rep
29/11/2016), Locals
regret donating land to Nepal Sanskrit
University, by Devendra Basnet (rep
30/11/2016), ‘PM
ready
to lease university land to Ramdev’, by
Durga Lal KC (kp 02/12/2016)
Whither
research? Unlike in India and China the
universities in Nepal don’t publish any quality
journals, by Angel Sharma (rep 29/11/2016)
TU
forms
panel to look into IoM dean appointment row
(kp 24/11/2016), IoM
to
students: Abide by campus rules: Warns of stern
action if ‘they support Dr KC’ (kp
24/112016)
UGC
vice
chairman calls for ending arbitrary
affiliations: The regulatory body’s
responsibility is merely limited to
providing grants to universities and
community college (kp 23/11/2016), Minister
Paudel
seeks greater role for UGC (ht 23/11/2016)
Manipal
Medical
College to resume classes from today: The strike
staged by the teachers demanding salary hike and
permanent positions for tenure teachers, has
affected around 300 students studying in the
college (kp 17/11/2016)
KU
VC’s
office vandalised (kp 15/11/2016), Ruling
Maoist party's students vandalise KU VC's office,
by Madhusudhan Guragai (rep 15/11/2016), ANNISU-R
leader
held for vandalising KU VC office (kp
17/11/2016), ‘PM
attends
KU convocation after his party cadre was freed’
(kp 23/11/2016) [???]
TU
appoints Dr. KP Singh IoM dean amid controversy:
Dr KC begins hunger strike demanding sack for TU
VC Khaniya, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
14/11/2016), Dr
KC
on fast against new IoM dean (kp
14/11/2016), What
does
the IoM dean issue mean? Orthopedic surgeon
Govinda KC’s protracted fight against ‘political
hand-picking’ continues (kp 16/11/2016)
Govt
set
to establish NIET (ht 11/11/2016)
Problems
of
education: We should improve the existing
universities instead of issuing permits to new
ones left and right, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
09/11/2016)
Govt
yet
to appoint Open University officials (ht
09/11/2016)
House
panel:
Halt affiliations from foreign varsities: It also
decides to form a sub-panel to determine possible
measures for reforms of higher education system
(kp 21/10/2016)
TU
property
handover: Edu Minister Poudel promises to resolve
long-running dispute (kp 18/10/2016)
Gentle,
semester-ward: Changing from the annual to the
semester system will improve education to the
extent that we improve practice and culture of
teaching and learning, by Shyam Sharma (rep
18/10/2016)
Govt
tables
bill at House to set up varsity in Province 2
(kp 05/10/2016)
TU
gave affiliation to campuses without own premises,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 01/10/2016)
Mismanagement,
lack
of resources ail TU Central Library, by Gyanu
Sapkota (rep 23/09/2016)
Classes
halted
at Agriculture and Forestry University (ht
18/09/2016)
PU
plans
to run medical college in Morang: PU
Vice-chancellor says the varsity has initiated
works to develop Koshi Zonal Hospital as a medical
college (kp 16/09/2016)
Dabur
Nepal,
TU sign agreement (kp 02/09/2016)
PM
urged
not to interfere in TU activities (ht
29/08/2016)
Classless
society:
Open universities allow students to receive
education at home through distance learning,
by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 05/08/2016)
Mockery
of
education: Knowledge and ethics have been
overshadowed by the need to get a degree for
financial gain, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
02/08/2016)
Free
Wi-Fi
service on TU premises (kp 16/07/2016)
Mathema
resigns
as KU senate member, by Manish Gautam (kp
06/07/2016)
Govt
initiates
process to set up infra academy (kp
03/07/2016)
Tenth
university
in the offing: Open University Bill to be passed
by ‘next’ meeting of Parliament; New varsity to
ease admission pressure, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/06/2016), House
endorses
Open University Bill (ht 01/07/2016), Way
paved for establishing open university in Nepal,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 02/07/2016)
University
Education
In Crisis, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 04/06/2016)
TU
signs
MoU with Tibet University (ht 03/06/2016)
House
panel
endorses open university bill (ht 02/06/2016),
Open
university (ht 03/06/2016)
AFU-TU
dispute
recurs in Rampur (ht 31/05/2016)
Over
1,000
colleges only temporarily affiliated to Tribhuvan
University (ht 09/04/2016)
Politics
In Higher Education: Threat To Safe Academic Space,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 07/04/2016)
Govt
committee
advises against MMIHS takeover, by Manish
Gautam (kp 25/03/2016)
TU
to
set up Himalayan research centre (ht
23/03/2016)
Birth
pangs:
There is a challenge to establish academia as a
serious profession and not just stepping stone
into the consultancy world, by Pranab Kharel
and Gaurab KC (09/03/2016)
Teachers
protest
against TUSC vacancy announcement: Tribhuvan
University should induct skilled and qualified
manpower through open competition (ht
28/02/2016), Lecturers
continue
protest against university officials: Tribhuvan
university aims to hire 1,200 lecturers through
internal competi-tion, while lecturers demand
scrapping the call (kp 01/03/2016)
Engineering
college
found operating without affiliation to university,
by Shreeram Sigdel (ht 27/02/2016)
Nepal,
Germany
sign mutual scientific cooperation deal (ht
25/02/2016), NAST,
IASS
sign MoU for scientific cooperation (rep
25/02/2016)
TU
to
hire teachers only through open competition
(kp 25/02/2016)
TU
central
campus to become WiFi enabled (ht
19/02/2016)
Reconstruction,
quality
enhancement: TU seeks donor support (kp
15/02/2016)
TU
starts
consultation regarding FSU polls (ht
13/02/2016), TU
to
take decision on FSU polls by next week (ht
27/02/2016)
One
day
in Kirtipur: If we turn universities into power
camps, we will destroy Nepal’s tertiary
educational system, by Abhi Subedi (kp
07/02/2016)
TU
set
to propose date for FSU polls (ht
07/02/2016)
TU
lecturers
staging relay hunger strike (ht 06/02/2016)
Futures
on
hold: Political and natural disasters are taking
their toll on academic life, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 23/01/2016)
Post
of
registrar in three universities still vacant
(ht 18/01/2016)
Rescuing
TU:
Tu should be able to take disciplinary action
against teachers, whether they teach at private
campuses or not, if they do not do their duty at
Tu properly (ht 15/01/2016)
SC
convicts
mid-western university staff for corruption
(ht 12/01/2016)
Row
between
varsities leaves students in lurch (ht
02/01/2016)
Saubhagya
Shah
award for TU peace studies: The award will be
given to the student securing highest marks in
Conflict, Peace and Development Study from next
year (kp 18/12/2015)
Master’s
students
could miss exams, by Shankar Acharya (kp
01/12/2015)
TU
central
college halts regular classes, by Anup Ojha
(kp 27/11/2015)
IoM
extends
admission deadline of MBBS, BDS (ht
17/11/2015)
TU
reschedules
exams in Tarai districts (ht 10/11/2015)
Follow
set
fee structure, MoE tells med colleges (ht
02/11/2015)
Few
students
enrol in tea technology course: The campus
started offering a tea technology course four
years ago to produce human resources in the
sector, by Parbat Portel (kp 28/10/2015)
MU
Service
Commission gets first woman chairperson (ht
16/10/2015)
TU
Central
Library in shambles post quake, by Anup Ojha
(kp 25/09/2015)
Universities
unlocked
after deal on apptts: NPPA has been offered
posts of two ViceChancellors and
member-secretary at UGC (kp 23/09/2015), Two
more
VCs appointed (kp 24/09/2015)
PU
profs
bar new VC from joining office, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 12/09/2015)
Rebuilding
Nepal:
The Open University Initiative (OUI) aims to
take education opportunities to the grassroots
communities, by Raju Adhikari, Pramod
Dhakal, Drona Rasali and Ambika Adhikari (rep
09/09/2015)
Professors
urge
TU to split Sociology, Anthropology dept (kp
02/09/2015)
Mathema
report
implementation in progress: MoE (ht
01/09/2015)
Incoming
TU Leadership Challenges And Opportunities,
by Jeevan K. Prasain (rn 23/08/2015), Candidates
recommended
for VCs in four universities amid controversy
(ht 24/08/2015), Khaniya
picked
as TU VC charged with plagiarism, by Nirjana
Sharma (rep 24/08/2015), VCs
appointed
in four universities: Nepal gets first female
Vice Chancellor in Prof Shrestha, by Kokila
KC (ht 25/08/2015), PM
Koirala
appoints VCs in five universities (kp
25/08/2015), Three
VCs
join office amid protest (ht 25/08/2015), Dhakal
new
VC at Agriculture Forest University (ht
226/08/2015), UML-affiliated
NPPA
padlocks univ buildings (kp 26/08/2015), Copy
and
paste: Khaniya as TU-VC highlights how lightly
academic credentials are taken in Nepal (kp
27/08/2015), New
TU Vice Chancellor: The Tasks And Challenges
Ahead, by Mukti Rijal (rn 28/08/2015), UML
accuses
NC of making political appointments unilaterally
(ht 28/08/2015), VC
appointments
condemned (kp 28/08/2015), VC
offices
at 5 universities padlocked for 6 days (rep
29/08/2015), Protests
keep
VCs off offices (kp 01/09/2015)
Himalaya
College
shut as students, police clash (kp
21/08/2015)
Power-sharing
tussle
delays VC appointments (kp 20/08/2015), ‘Appoint
VCs
from among academics, experts’ (ht
20/08/2015) [Leave
political persons completely out and appoint
academic chancellors!!]
TU
to
review permission to pvt colleges to run BBM
course (ht 14/08/2015)
Ex-acting
PU
VC accused of financial irregularities, by
Binod Bhandari (kp 13/08/2015)
TU,
Aus
varsity collaborate (kp 13/08/2015)
Minister-led
committees
to recommend names for 7 VCs (kp 09/08/2015)
Open
University
hopes high amid new bill (kp 07/08/2015), CA
members
pledge to table Open University Bill 2015
(ht 07/08/2015)
Creative
destruction:
Purbanchal University is a lesson on how not to
start a new university in Nepal. But is anyone
listening?, by Pratyoush Onta, Devendra
Uprety and Lokranjan Parajuli (07/08/2015), Shrestha
retires
as
PU vice chancellor: Leaves behind tenure of
corruption, scandal, dispute, by Binod
Bhandari (08/08/2015)
Shun
political
appointment of VCs, NUTA tells PM (ht
06/08/2015)
Govt
unveils
health edu policy report, by Manish Gautam
(kp 05/08/2015), Policy
report
made public (ht 05/08/2015), Health
profession
education policy (kp 09/07/2015)
Watch
and
wait: There is no need for the govt to be in a
hurry to establish new universities (kp
05/08/2015)
Call
to
end all political appointments in universities
(ht 04/08/2015)
Another
bill
to open new university: Bills registered for
Nepalgunj and Rajarshi Janak Universities even as
TU hesitates to share property (kp 01/08/2015)
NUTA
gives
ultimatum to Kathmandu University (ht
01/08/2015)
Making
managers:
Nepal needs high-class management education to
benefit from its valuable resources, by Suresh
Raj Sharma (kp 31/07/2015)
Health
profession
edu policy: KC warns to begin fast-unto-death
(kp 31/07/2015)
Unions
lobby
for univ VCs (kp 30/07/2015)
KU
buildings
built without design approval, by Nagendra
Adhikari (kp 29/07/2015)
New
programmes
at varsity (ht 28/07/2015)
TU
to
shift two campuses to Kirtipur (ht 18/07/2015)
Management
malfeasance:
Janaki Medical College’s woes should serve as a
warning to the many private colleges in the
country that are cutting corners and delivering
less than a quality education, by Manish
Gautam (kp 20/06/2015)
International
NEWS
conference kicks off (ht 19/06/2015)
JMC
students
face uncertain future, by Manish Gautam (kp
18/06/2015)
Lumbini
University
passes academic masterplan (ht 12/06/2015)
Quake
Damage And TU: Institutional Reengineering Needed,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 11/06/2015)
Valley
colleges
face shortage of classrooms: Campus chiefs
struggle to adjust students as classes resume
today, by Kokila KC (ht 05/06/2015), Colleges
fail
to resume classes for lack of classrooms; Academic
activities to start tomorrow: Campus chiefs
(ht 06/06/2015)
UGC
plans
to visit varsities, campuses damaged by quak: Loss
caused to TU to the tune of Rs 2 billion (ht
02/06/2015)
TU
students
return to capital to resume studies: Say they
might have lost homes and property in districts
but have not lost hope, fighting spirit, by
Som Nath Ghimire (ht 28/05/2015)
TU
loss
estimated to be over Rs 2 billion: Several
structures in Kirtipur, constituent campuses
damaged (ht 23/05/2015), TU
relies
on its own resources, well-wishers to rebuild from
rubble, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/05/2015)
PhD
and
promotion at TU: Meritocracy should prevail,
by Balakeshwar Thakur (ht 07/05/2015)
TU
to
remain closed for a month, exam on time (ht
05/05/2015)
Dispute
between
Lab School, TU deepens: Institution refuses to
oblige to varsity’s demand to relocate, by
Som Nath Ghimire (ht 12/04/2015)
PM’s
Office
blocks CTEVT affiliation to nursing colleges,
by Manish Gautam (kp 10/04/2015)
Reinstate
Shrestha,
Pathak: Supreme Court (ht 06/04/2015)
Medical
colleges
needing affiliation push for turning BPKHIS into
varsity, by Rohit Rai (rep 02/04/2015)
Problems
remain
in govt, doc talks: Dr KC refuses to back down
until TU office bearers sacked; Thousands
affected by medicos’ protest, by Manish
Gautam (kp 02/04/2015), Sins
of
omission: NC-UML still seems unconcerned about
the health of Dr Govinda KC (kp 02/04/2015),
Dr
KC
adamant Yadav must resign, by Kritagya Regmi
(ht 02/04/2015), Too
big
to dismantle, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
02/04/2015), Dr
KC
ends fast after 11-pt deal with govt (kp
03/04/2015), Dr
KC
breaks fast-unto-death, by Kritagya Regmi
(ht 03/04/2015), Power
of
satyagraha: Dr Govinda KC’s hunger strike and
the widespread support it gathered shows that
all is not lost, by Abhi Subedi (kp
05/04/2015), Without
political
will, Dr KC’s demands cannot be fulfilled,
interview with Sharad Onta (kp 06/04/2015)
NMA
to
shut OPDs across country, by Manish Gautam
(kp 01/04/2015), Nationwide
strike
in health services begins today, by Kritagya
Regmi (ht 01/04/2015), CIAA
prescribes
reforms in med education sector (kp
01/04/2015), UML
denies
role in med education row (kp 01/04/2015)
Curers
of
maladies: Campaigners behind KC should remember
that it's politicians who make or brake history
rather than interpreters in law, medicine or
journalism, by C.K. Lal (rep 30/03/2015)
Fee
row
deprives engineers of licence, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 09/03/2015)
TU
tells
IoM to grant affiliations, by Binod Ghimire
and Manish Gautam (kp 04/03/2015), IoM
may
call urgent meet to decide affiliation issue,
by Manish Gautam and Binod Ghimire (kp
05/03/2015), IoM
undecided
on affiliation issue (kp 08/03/2015), Dr
KC
warns of another strike (kp 13/03/2015), Decide
affiliations
in a week, TU tells IoM, by Binod Ghimire
and Manish Gautam (kp 14/03/2015), IoM
undecided
over calling board meeting (ht 16/03/2015),
IoM
bows
to TU pressure, meet to discuss affiliation
(kp 17/03/2015), IoM
denies
affiliations despite heat, by Manish Gautam
(kp 20/03/2015), IoM
affiliation
halted until further notice: Move comes amid
intense pressure from govt,parties (ht
20/03/2015), IoM
draws
criticism for halting affiliation process:
Senior doctors, medical college proprietors take
exception to faculty board decision (ht
21/03/2015), 223
students
expelled, invigilator suspended (ht
21/03/2015), Dr
KC
says he will stage hunger strike from today
(ht 22/03/2015), Dr
KC
on hunger strike for fifth time (kp
23/03/2015), Dr
KC
goes on hunger strike for fifth time (ht
23/03/2015), IoM
dean
directs Dr KC not to stage protest at TUTH
(kp 24/03/2015), Dr
KC
turns down IoM request not to stage
fast-unto-death (ht 24/03/2015), Fifth
time
farce: IoM must continue to refuse medical
affiliations until a policy is drafted (kp
24/03/2015), IoM
students
to boycott classes, by Kritagya Regmi, IoM
students
urge PM to respond to Dr KC’s concerns (ht
26/03/2015), Dr
KC’s
health worsens (kp 27/03/2015), Dr
KC’s
health deteriorating, say docs attending to him,
by Kritagya Regmi (ht 27/03/2015), The
accountability
of Sushil Koirala: Dr Govinda KC (alive) and
Nanda Prasad Adhikari (dead) speak for the weak
and desolate, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp
27/03/2015), To
the
good doctor: I do not support Dr KC’s cause if
the final aim is to halt affiliations for new
medical colleges at any cost, by Subhash
Lakhe (kp 27/03/2015), Can’t
halt
affiliation just because someone is protesting:
TU (ht 27/03/2015), Affiliation
row (ht 27/03/2015), Govt
forms
committee to talk to fasting doc, by Anup
Ojha (kp 28/03/2015), Cabinet
assigns
two ministers for talks with Dr KC, by
Kritagya Regmi (ht 28/03/2015), Address
Dr
KC’s
demands in 24 hrs: NMA to govt, by Manish
Gautam (kp 29/03/2015), NMA
serves
24-hour ultimatum (ht 29/03/2015), Medical
bodies
throw weight behind Dr KC: Docs warn of
consequences if demands not met, by Manish
Gautam (kp 30/03/2015), Show
some
spine Strong stand must be taken against
political corruption in med education (kp
30/03/2015), Dr
Govinda
KC’s health worsens: Refuses to be shifted to
ICU,says he’d rather die, by Kritagya Regmi
(ht 30/03/2015), PM
steps
in to address demands: Chief secy, NPC
vice-chair assigned to work out a deal n Docs
assured low fees, med colleges in rural areas
(kp 31/03/2015), Dr
Govinda
KC’s health ‘critical’ (kp 31/03/2015), Dr.
KC: At The Height Of Talks And Popularity,
by Prem Khatry (rn 31/03/2015), TUTH
resident
docs to boycott all except emergency services
(ht 31/03/2015), Dr.
KC And Ailing Medical Sector, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 01/04/2015), Govt
to
meet Dr KC’s lawful demands: Some concerns
‘impractical’ (ht 01/04/2015), Dr
KC
sticks to his demands, talks fail: Says he will
not call off his fast-unto-death unless govt
addresses his concerns (ht 01/04/2015), CIAA
Chief
Karki refutes charges (ht 01/04/2015)
UC
Merced,
KU sign MoU (ht 28/02/2015)
TU
exam
postponed owing to ‘negligence’ (kp
21/02/2015)
Not
about
numbers: Govt must endorse Higher Education bill
before establishing new universities (kp
13/02/2015)
Mind
the
gap: The course and curriculum of IT colleges
are old and not up to the market needs, by
Sudan Jha (rep 10/02/2015)
There’re
few
takers for master’s course at TU central campus
(ht 07/02/2015)
Students
hit
hard by TU’s sluggish work, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 06/02/2015)
IoM
instructs
Janaki Medical Colleges to resume classes
(kp 05/02/2015), IoM
threatens
to cancel JMC affiliation Begin classes pronto,
college told, by Kritagya Regmi (ht
05/02/2015)
TU
to
shift MBBS programme regardless of IoM
disapproval (kp 30/01/2015)
Distance
learning
a far cry until Bill on Open University passed
pronto (ht 29/01/2015)
TU
colleges
call admission under annual system (kp
26/01/2015), TU
reverts
to old annual system: Opens master's admission
(ht 27/01/2015)
Limited
semester
plan upsets private colleges (kp 25/01/2015)
TU
to
open admission forms on January 26 (ht
23/01/2015)
TU
treads
middle path: Set to endorse semester in only 3
faculties, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/01/2015),
It’s
back
to square one, no semester system now Buckling
under students’ protest, TU to open admission
forms under annual format from Jan 23 (ht
20/01/2015)
Tough
task
for TU to extend semester plan (kp
07/01/2015), TU
gives
in to unions’ protest: To open admission forms
under annual format from Sunday, by Kokila
KC (ht 09/01/2015), Student
unionson
war path: Warn TU against imposing semester
system in campuses (ht 12/01/2015)
Unions’
stir
puts TU in fix, students on horns of dilemma,
by Kokila KC (ht 07/01/2015)
Experts
for
separate body to oversee university activities,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep 03/01/2015)
Students
oppose
semester system in colleges: Say the move will
deprive many of education; Press TU to withdraw
the decision pronto (ht 02/01/2015) |