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) |