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Foreign medical students come to Nepal but twice as many Nepalis pursue medicine abroad

Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- Nepal is attracting a growing number of foreign students to its medical colleges, particularly for MBBS and postgraduate programmes, even as thousands of Nepali students continue... Read More


Nepali Students can now transfer academic credits between universities

Kathmandu, Aug. 10 -- Students who have had to discontinue their studies or move to another university will now be able to transfer the academic credits they have earned and continue their education u... Read More


Four and a half months on, Shah government faces questions over governance

Kathmandu, Aug. 5 -- Four and a half months after Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office, his government finds itself facing mounting criticism over its style of governance, with opponents, constitu... Read More


Government collects billions from students despite free education laws

Kathmandu, July 23 -- Despite the constitutional guarantee of free education up to the secondary level, the government continues to charge students thousands of rupees in mandatory fees under various ... Read More


Government pushes ten percent scholarship rule across universities

Kathmandu, July 15 -- Prime Minister and Chancellor of universities Balendra Shah has instructed newly appointed vice-chancellors to enforce a mandatory ten percent scholarship provision across univer... Read More


Tribhuvan University recovers only a fraction of funds from staff who abused paid study leave

Kathmandu, July 14 -- Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal's largest and oldest university, has recovered only a small portion of the money owed by teachers and staff who took paid study leave but failed ... Read More


Nepal introduces tough rules to rein in educational consultancies, foreign-linked colleges

Kathmandu, July 9 -- The government has launched a sweeping regulatory overhaul of educational consultancies and colleges operating under affiliations with foreign universities, introducing a comprehe... Read More


Nepal bars political party members from school management committees

Kathmandu, July 6 -- Nepal has barred members of political parties from serving on school management committees and handed local governments greater control over school administration under sweeping a... Read More


Minister's actions kicked up a lot of dust in the education sector, clear picture yet to emerge

Kathmandu, July 5 -- The first 100 days of Education and Sports Minister Sasmit Pokharel offer some early signs of reform while also serving as the first real test of his leadership. The publication ... Read More


TU says no infrastructure authorised for party-affiliated student unions

Kathmandu, June 30 -- Following government pressure to remove party-affiliated student union structures from educational institutions, Tribhuvan University (TU) has said it has not authorised any such... Read More