Govt to address concerns about medical colleges fees
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said that he has taken the student unions’ concerns regarding the fees charged by private medical colleges from MBBS, BDS, and BNS students seriously.
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has started discussions with the stakeholders after medical colleges started charging higher fees than the determined.
Office-bearers of Medical Education Commission and Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Dean of Kathmandu University, Chief District Officers of Kathmandu Valley, proprietor of medical college Sunil Sharma, students and guardians are participating in the meeting held under the chairmanship of Education Minister Devendra Paudel at Singha Durbar.
The Education Minister has been warning of action against the medical colleges charging high fees.
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said that he has paid serious attention to the fees charged by medical colleges to their students for MBBS, BDS, and BNS studies under medical education.
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said that he has paid serious attention to the fees charged by medical colleges to their students for MBBS, BDS, and BNS studies under medical education.
The government has said that the affiliation of the medical colleges, charging fee higher than determined by the Medical Education Commission, shall be cancelled.
The government has said that the affiliation of the medical colleges, charging fee higher than determined by the Medical Education Commission, shall be cancelled.
Amidst numbers of complaints against several medical colleges, which demanded excess fees from MBBS students, Medical Education Commission (MEC) has warned of terminating the affiliation of such colleges.
The MEC, which is also the governing body for medical education sector, issued a notice on Tuesday to clarify that the colleges cannot demand fees going against the law.
“The fee ceiling set by the government covers all the expenses – university registration fee, internal and board examination fee, forensic posting, field visit, internship fee, application fee, affiliation fee, admission fee, lab fee and library fee – required to complete all necessary educational activities,” read the statement.
KATHMANDU, August 13: The Supreme Court (SC) has given directive order to the medical colleges not to enroll more students that the given seats from the Nepal Medical Council.
In case the medical colleges received more students, they are directed to adjust such number of seats under scholarship scheme in the next academic academic session, reads the verdict given by a division bench of Justices Anil Kumar Sinha and Tej Bahadur KC.
Likewise, the SC has ordered to carry out inspection and monitoring to confirm the implementation of the verdict.
Furthermore, the court has ordered to assess the impartiality and work performance of the officials deployed to monitor the medical colleges.
