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 universities and their campuses.

Shah held a joint meeting with vice-chancellors of seven universities, including Tribhuvan University, at the Prime Minister's Office in Singha Durbar on Tuesday. During the meeting, he directed them to strictly implement the provision requiring universities and their campuses to provide free scholarships to ten percent of students.

According to vice-chancellors who attended the meeting, Shah also urged universities to remove party-affiliated student organisations from campuses, conduct examinations and publish re...