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Student unions splurging out on ‘vote buying’: Campus chiefs were reportedly forced to admit hundreds of union cadres, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/05/2013), Eleventh-hour enrolment to sweep FSU polls, by Kokila KC (ht 19/05/2013), UCPN (M) union announces
FSU election candidates: So far other student unions haven’t picked prez candidates, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/05/2013), Manusi Bhattarai in race for leadership of apex student body: One of 105 ANNISU-R candidates in the fray (ht 20/05/2013), Six campuses padlocked: Disputes over fake students likely to hit FSU elections hard (ht 21/05/2013), Unions tell TUto scrap their illegal move (kp 22/05/2013)
TU makes public FSU poll schedule (ht 15/05/2013)
Open university remains on paper (ht 14/05/2013)
Supreme Court clears FSU election decks (kp 04/05/2013)
Politicking keeps TU positions vacant (ht 02/05/2013)
TU asked not to enforce age limit for FSU poll candidates (kp 22/04/2013), SC maintains age bar provision for studentleaders (ht 22/04/2013), FSU election likely to be postponed (ht 23/04/2013), FSU poll schedule after age bar verdict (ht 27/04/2013)
Open varsity law needed: Expert (ht 17/04/2013)
FSU leaders padlock offices of VC, rector, registrar (ht 13/04/2013)
Campus shut down after students clash (ht 28/02/2013)
FSU polls to be held on April 8, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/02/2013), TU
likely to opt for mixed system in FSU election: Thirty-yera age bar for
candidates proposed; Eleven to 25-member Free Student Union sought (ht 27/02/2013), Special meet clears FSU hurdles, polls soon (ht 06/04/2013), FSU elections on June 6 (nn 06/04/2013), FSU elections in May final week (kp 07/04/2013)
Lumbini varsity seeks locals’ help for land, pupils, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 24/02/2013)
Pokhara University holds 10th convocation ceremony (ht 21/02/2013)
TU to announce FSU poll date within a week (ht 16/02/2013)
TU staff unpaid since mid-Nov (ht 08/02/2013)
Endless test paper leaksknock TU off its pedestal, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/02/2013)
TU to become central varsity (kp 09/01/2013)
No end in sight to agitation in Purwanchal University (ht 04/01/2013)
Month-long padlocking cripples TU (kp 22/12/2012)
Varsity shut over appointment row, by Binod Bhandari (kp 21/12/2012)
NVC recovers bounced cheques from TU body (kp 19/12/2012)
Sanskrit univ locked (ht 18/12/2012)
185 MBBS students flunk licensing test (kp 17/12/2012)
SAU to run PhD programmes (kp 13/12/2012)
Pokhara varsity shut again, by Basanti Bastola (kp 13/12/2012)
Rampur campus shut for third day (kp 12/12/2012)
Shrestha to be KU vice chancellor (kp 11/12/2012), KU asked to appoint Dr Shrestha as VC: Professors’ union to protest move (kp 14/12/2012)
PU shutdown affects classes, by Lal Prasad Sharma and Prasanti Bastola (kp 11/12/2012)
Varsity closed for eight days (kp 11/12/2012)
TU property to new varsities: 2 months on, task force fails to get down to work (kp 08/12/2012)
Protest in PU enters Day III (ht 05/12/2012)
PU shut in appointment protest (kp 20/11/2012), PU shutdown continues (kp 29/11/2012), Padlock at PU continues (ht 30/11/2012)
Future of Kathmandu University: Post Suresh Raj era, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 20/11/2012)
Political regulation of universities is inevitable, interview with André Béteille (kp 12/11/2012)
KU vice-chancellor resigns (kp 10/11/2012)
New university sought to govern public colleges (kp 07/11/2012)
Pvt colleges eating into TU enrolment, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/10/2012)
TU arrears more than its total annual budget (kp 17/10/2012)
Varsities’ property feud to be sorted out (ht 16/10/2012)
Flouting apex court order, TU all set to add lecturers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/10/2012)
Ailing academia: Never before has political meddling debilitated scholarship to the extent that it does today, by Bidushi Dhungel (kp 04/10/2012)
Madhesi profs demand recognition in universities (ht 04/10/2012)
TU bigwigs locked in for 28 hrs, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/09/2012)
Cancel exams, NVC orders TU (kp 21/09/2012)
NRN-initiated Open University to be launched next year (nn 31/08/2012), Agreements signed to set up open university: Varsity to cater to middle-class people (ht 01/09/2012), Fingers crossed: Open university in Nepal (rep 02/09/2012)
Autonomy for TU is absolutely necessary, interview with Kedar Bhakta Mathema (kp 20/08/2012)
New varsities seek more govt funds: Say increased funding a must for quality education (ht 04/08/2012)
TU key posts vacant for six months: Unionism to blame; Administrative works hit; Academic calendar rendered defunct (kp 25/07/2012)
Four-year science diploma unlikely from next session, by Om Astha Rai (rep 19/07/2012)
Teachers’ protest hits TU campuses (ht 13/07/2012), Inflated peace process budget hits oldest university, by Om Astha Rai (rep 13/07/2012), MoE releases Rs 381.1m to TU: TUTA says strike will continue unless additional Rs 190m is ensured, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/07/2012)
Bhattarai asks TU to adapt courses to changing times (kp 29/06/2012), PM seeks high-standard TU education (ht 29/06/2012)
TU Bachelor in Arts courses to become multidisciplinary (ht 28/06/2012)
Four-yr BSc course in TU from this session (ht 26/06/2012)
TU per student cost doubles in 5 years, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/06/2012)
TU to run 4-yr bachelor’s degree from Sept, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/06/2012)
Oldest university loath to implement new calendar, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/04/2012)
University Education: Failing to be Human?, by Prem Khatry (rn 03/04/2012)
Autonomy and accountability of universities For quality education, by Tirth Raj Khaniya (ht 16/02/2012)
Autonomous Tribhuvan University: Wrong lesson, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (rep 13/02/2012)
Off the blocks, by Geetanjali Upadhyaya (rep 05/02/2012)
Remote girls to benefit as PU hostel soon (kp 04/02/2012)
At politicians’ behest, 4 varsities to be born: All proposed in Tarai when 2/3 students are from hills, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/01/2012)
Central office of Far Western University established, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 29/01/2012)
KU’s forward move: Time for reinvigoration, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 16/01/2012)
Universities of Nepal: Getting poor grades, by Mahendra Singh (ht 28/12/2011)
University police system: A must for educational institutions, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 22/12/2011)
PU dean in CIAA net for authority abuse (kp 15/12/2011)
Two professor unions flout TU appointment regulations (kp 11/12/2011)
The profs are worried: According priority to parties over academic freedom will be a recipe for disaster, by Abhi Subedi (kp 07/12/2011)
PU remains shut in political wrangling: Unions seek to call off stir (ht 04/12/2011)
TU, 19th biggest varsity in the world, shelves convocation ceremony citing 'lack of preparation' (nn 24/11/2011)
Regional varsity hobbled by lack of assets, by Mahesh Acharya (kp 16/11/2011)
Academic calendar Nepal defends China of TU brought out (ht 11/11/2011)
Knowledge is capital: Nepal needs investmentments in universities and research (kp 08/11/2011)
TU sociology department draws flak: Examinee accuses it of denying her admit card for no apparent reason (ht 07/11/2011)
PU exams put off, nursing students riled (ht 01/11/2011)
TU draws student ire for dodging FSU polls (ht 27/10/2011)
Profs reluctant to join duty after earning PhD abroad, by Om Astha Rai (rep 20/10/2011)
All nine VCs reject new varsity bill (rep 18/10/2011)
New TU academic calendar likely within a month (kp 12/10/2011)
Nepali diaspora for open university (ht 10/10/2011), NRNs meet PM for support in open varsity bid (ht 11/10/2011), Open university initiatives: Bureaucrats vs. academia, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 11/10/2011)
What’s up, Doc? The image of professors as think tanks has been tarnished by their political allegiance, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp 02/10/2011)
VC appointments challenged in court: ‘Govt ignored women’s inclusion rights’ (ht 27/09/2011)
More universities mooted but with little infrastructure, by Om Astha Rai (rep 24/09/2011), Infrastructure first (rep 25/09/2011)
VC appointments politically erroneous: PM (rep 13/09/2011), Quit for consensus sake, Bhattarai tells VCs (ht 13/09/2011), VC appointment row: Six varsities open after three-point pact, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/09/2011)
Colleges introduce new subject without TU approval, by Nawaraj Rai (rep 11/09/2011)
TU starts action against professors (ht 08/09/2011)
Clamour for appointment of VCs thru open competition (kp 04/09/2011)
UGC executive board yet to get full shape (rep 03/09/2011)
Padlock at TU has its ripple effects (kp 24/08/2011)
Free thinkers and politics: Academic freedom means that people in this profession should be truly free, by Abhi Subedi (kp 17/08/2011)
PM appoints new VCs to 7 universities, by Om Astha Rai (rep 09/08/2011), Govt ‘unilaterally’ appoints VCs: NC, Maoist-aligned professors’ unions miffed, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/08/2011), Universities finally get vice chancellors (ht 09/08/2011), Appoint VCs through free competition (rep 10/08/2011), Congress, Maoist unions padlock 4 varsities (kp 10/08/2011), Professors padlock universities over
vice-chancellor appointment decision (ht 10/08/2011)
University in each region: Mere lip-service, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 05/08/2011)
TU set to bring in tough measures (kp 31/07/2011)
Varsity funds: Students, cops clash in Mahendranagar, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 27/07/2011), 16 students, 9 cops hurt in clash: Mahendranagar tense throughout the day (ht 27/07/2011), Far-west university protests snowball: 40 hurt in students-cops clash, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 28/07/2011), 30 injured as students, police clash over regional university (ht 28/07/2011), 'Problem not budget but lack of officials', by Om Astha Rai (rep 29/07/2011), Protest for varsity lingers in Far West (kp 29/07/2011), Far West University: The periphery, too, needs one of its own (kp 31/07/2011), Protest for regional varsity on (ht 02/08/2011)
PU a troubled institution, by Binod Bhandari (kp 26/07/2011)
TU colleges to get e-libraries soon (kp 25/07/2011) [And this will work without power??]
Politics In Universities Potential Threat To Safe Academic Space, by Mukti Rijal (rn 12/07/2011), Leadership Crisis In Higher Education, by Prem Khatry (rn 12/07/2011), Parties inching towards agreement: 3 VCs from Maoist quota, two each from NC, UML, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/07/2011)
Guardians of literature: The Academy’s paradoxical decision to stop publishing books (kp 12/07/2011)
Sans VC, it’s trouble ahead for TU, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/07/2011)
Another varsity bill tabled in legislature, by Rudra Pangeni (ht 29/06/2011)
Posts lying vacant: 3 varsities’ budget likely to be frozen this yr too, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/05/2011)
SC says students can see exam answer sheets, by Bimal Gautam (rep 19/05/2011), Let students see their answer sheets: Apex court directs TU, by Pranab Kharel and Binod Ghimire (kp 19/05/2011)
Inviting proposals for appointment of TU VC: A serious move or orchestrating a drama?, by Tirth Raj Khaniya (ht 18/05/2011), University and politics: Will appointment on political line continue?, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 19/05/2011)
KU Dhulikhel folk’s bread and butter, by Binod Ghimire and Nirjana Sharma (kp 13/05/2011)
UML politicising TU VC selection: Ex-VCs to meet PM seeking non-political appointment, by Rudra Pangeni (ht 02/05/2011), Tender for VC: Education Minister opens it now (ht 04/05/2011), TU, Sanskrit varsity most likely to get VCs in two weeks (kp 12/05/2011)
TU arrears cross Rs 8bn mark (kp 23/04/2011)
TU amends rules on autonomy: Varsity's move flouts House committee directive, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/04/2011)
Sanskrit University holds convocation after ten year gap (nn 21/04/2011)
TU signs MoU with French University (nn 18/04/2011)
TU’s four-year bachelor’s programme likely fiasco (kp 15/04/2011)
KU classses resume after a month, by Manoj Basnet (kp 06/04/2011)
CIAA to grill PU VC (kp 31/03/2011)
Troubled KU set to reopen today: Agitating union says office lockouts will remain (kp 28/03/2011)
Pressure mounts on TU to announce FSU poll date (kp 27/02/2011)
Pokhara varsity’s 8th convocation (ht 21/02/2011)
Open University’s contact office (kp 15/02/2011), One of our own: Open University faces challenges, but it can work (kp 16/02/2011)
Student unions vow to improve TU standards (ht 12/02/2011)
SC upholds TU fee hike (ht 04/02/2011), Court Order In Defence Of TU (rn 07/02/2011)
TU On The Move: Will Revamping Programmes Help?, by Prem Khatry (rn 01/02/2011)
AnoMaly in Varsity: Big bucks TU employees shirk work, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/01/2011)
TU set to extend teachers’ contract (kp 27/01/2011)
TU to regularise calendar by 2014 (ht 25/01/2011)
A failed university, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/01/2011)
Campus chief’s ouster sought: Fulfil demands by seven days or quit ultimatum served (ht 14/01/2011)
Campuses doling out free-ships: Scholarships being given to students against varsity rules (ht 13/01/2011)
TU’s accounts not audited for 20 yrs! (kp 11/01/2011)
TU troika has a bone to pick, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/01/2011), Politicisation, favouritism dog TU: Tug-of-war among three top officials taking its toll, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/01/2011)
PU comes under the CIAA scanner (kp 30/12/2010)
TU Colleges: Need Of A New Geography, by Prem Khatry (rn 28/12/2010)
Of students and warriors: Tribhuvan University was also the pioneer in helping politics to enter education, by Shyam K.C. (kp 20/12/2010)
Science, Technology And NAST, by Rajesh Man K.C. (rn 19/12/2010)
Lumbini Buddhist University: Celebrating The Sixth Anniversary, by Prem Khatry (rn 07/12/2010)
TU exams postponed (kp 06/12/2010), Bachelor-level exams shelved, by Kokila Khadka KC (ht 06/12/2010), Scrap postponement of exam, say students (ht 07/12/2010), FSU disrupts TU
exams in Capital (kp 09/12/2010)
ANNFSU sit-in for transparency in Purbanchal varsity: Move to press management to implement 10 pc scholarship for students (ht 27/11/2010)
TU constituent colleges starved of students, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/11/2010)
UGC ‘may lose’ $60m in grants (kp 24/11/2010)
TU introduces new course in Law (kp 22/11/2010)
TU fee-hike row revives: Student unions’ stir threat (kp 31/10/2010)
Protest against corruption in Purvanchal University (ht 31/10/2010)
TU set to conduct bachelor’s part II exams (ht 27/10/2010)
TU to throw the book at university teachers: To ask to get permission to work outside (ht 26/10/2010)
TU all set to introduce five-year LLB (ht 21/10/2010)
TU expands physics programmes (kp 15/10/2010)
Apathy, politicisation dog TU, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/10/2010)
Agreement signed for Open University (ht 08/10/2010)
MBBS exam racket lid blown off, by Baburam Kharel (kp 04/10/2010)
Sanskrit varsity’s plan (ht 03/10/2010)
Boycot of TU examinations testing officials’ nerves, by Rudra Pangeni (ht 26/09/2010)
TU jumps gun, students dazed (kp 21/09/2010)
Experts’ mantra to cut TU burden: Transfer PCL teachers to secondary schools, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 21/09/2010)
TU trying to tread on apex court toes (kp 16/09/2010)
Educating a people: TU reforms are welcome, but it’s time to think beyond (kp 12/09/2010)
TU IoE dean turns mean (kp 09/09/2010)
Admissions put off in PU engineering colleges (ht 06/09/2010)
TU conceives 4-yr diploma, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/09/2010)
ANNISU-R, KU sign 10-point agreement (ht 03/09/2010)
Few takers for evening courses in TU colleges (kp 29/08/2010)
SAU starts first academic session (nn 27/08/2010)
Do Tribhuvan varsity exams stand test of time? THT scribe witness to rampant cheating; MBS question papers solved outside campus, by Ramesh Prasad Bhushal (ht 24/08/2010)
Campus chiefs stick to their stance: Student unions threaten to hit streets if TU ignores demands, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 21/08/2010), Fee-hike issue to land in SC (kp 22/08/2010), Students moce Supreme Court against fee hike (ht 23/08/2010), SC renews directives against TU fee-hike; summons varsity officials for hearing (nn 28/08/2010)
Nepali diaspora discusses Open University initiative in Nepal (nn 17/08/2010)
Ten TU-affiliated campus chiefs resign en masse (nn 17/08/2010), 10 campus chiefs
relinquish office (kp 18/08/2010), Ten TU campus chiefs put in their papers (ht 18/08/2010), Campus chiefs refuse to withdraw resignation (ht 19/08/2010)
Tug-of-war jeopardises research body (kp 05/08/2010)
PCL talks inconclusive (kp 04/08/2010), Action plan as PCL alternative (kp 05/08/2010)
E-library for TU students soon, by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/07/2010)
PCL phase-out fire re-ignites (kp 26/07/2010), Agitating students padlock TU-affiliated campuses, HSEB (nn 27/07/2010), ‘Govt using PCL phase-out
to escape responsibility’ (ht 29/07/2010)
ICCR to be established in TU (nn 23/07/2010), Indian Embassy, TU sign MoU to further cooperation (ht 25/07/2010)
Half Century Of Inaptitude, by Shyam K.C. (rn 22/07/2010)
Educationists see TU’s future bleak: Decry apathetic govt, derelict gurus and meddling student unions (kp 21/07/2010)
UGC, university busy in blame game (ht 20/07/2010)
Govt. to open offices for establishing three new universities (nn 11/07/2010)
TU bent on phasing out PCL from this session, by Kokila Khadka K.C. (ht 06/07/2010), SLC And TU: The Dilemma Remains, by Prem Khatry (rn 06/07/2010), TU hell-bent on PCL phase-out (kp 07/07/2010), Cut it out: After 10-fold fee hike there is no rationale to retaining PCL (kp 09/07/2010), PCL phase-out plan on choppy seas: Student unions to hit the streets (kp 11/07/2010), Students boycott TU assembly (ht 16/07/2010), PCL phase-out controversy hots up: Students to intensify stir (ht 17/07/2010), Offices of top HSEB, TU officers padlocked (ht 19/07/2010), Student unions step up stir: Student unions step up stir (kp 22/07/2010), Academicians slam students’ stir, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/07/2010)
TU to go the whole mega hog (kp 21/06/2010), Room for debate: Special exam halls are no solution to the structural deficiencies at TU (kp 22/06/2010)
SC breather for TU ‘old students’: Student unions withdraw protests (kp 09/06/2010)
University flouts PM’s diktat on retirement (ht 08/06/2010)
Rats to feast on TU exam papers again?, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 06/06/2010)
NRNA discusses open varsity project with experts (nn 04/06/2010)
Student unions up in arms against TU (ht 28/05/2010), Students stage sit-in against fee hike (ht 31/05/2010)
ANNISU-R steps up TU fee hike protest (kp 25/05/2010)
Dereliction, apathy dog TU Teachers’ training in limbo for long (kp 17/05/2010)
In a class of its own: Ilam college has passed 50 successful years and may aptly be upgraded to a university, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 30/04/2010)
Enrolment dwindling in TU colleges (ht 23/04/2010)
Act now: University umbrella act should end disputes over new universities (kp 18/04/2010)
TUTH exam protest renews: Candidates call for cancellation of Sunday’s tests (kp 15/03/2010), New twist in IoM incident (kp 16/03/2010), NMC invalidates MD/MS entrance exams; docs continue to halt services at TUTH (nn 16/03/2010)
Marxist university in the offing, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 06/03/2010)
Saving its own skin: TU to prevent grant-freeze, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 01/03/2010)
Campus politics, by Krishna P. Acharya (kp 23/02/2010)
Reservation row dogs TU, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 10/02/2010), Teachers in role: The quota system in TU can work so long as there is strong vetting (kp 11/02/2010)
Dark clouds brewing at TU: Profs decry Umbrella Act (kp 03/02/2010)
Varsity bills in House (kp 26/01/2010)
Embedded varsities in offing (kp 17/01/2010)
Professors protest open competition (kp 13/01/2010) |
