Kathmandu - Last week, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Mahabir Pun had said that he would leave no stone unturned to take action if teachers were involved in any activity of any political party but he changed the tone by saying that he did not want to take away the trade union rights given by the constitution but meant to request the teachers not to make indulge in political propaganda in school. Minister urged not to do politics so as to spoil the educational environment, Onlinekhabar quoted. In an interview given to Onlinekhabar news portal, has said that politicization will stop if the system of Prime Minister being Chancellor in universities is removed.

In the interview, the minister's understanding that school education is weak because of the Local Government appointed low qualified head teachers, has been revealed. In another question, Minister Pun said, 'When there is no way, agitation is a solution too. Therefore, parents and teachers are told that if the Local Governments do not act quickly, hold a sit-in and protest, he cleared his position.

Minister Pun said that the service of District Education Development and Coordination Unit was biased, there was the news. 

The Ministry has formed a task force under the coordination of the Chair of the University Grants Commission, Prof Devraj Adhikari, to revise the bill related to the criteria for establishing and running the university, the news came. This task force will further refine the Bill of Standards for University Establishment and Operation.

Likewise, to reduce the situation of party interference in improving the university, the provision of the Prime Minister as the Chancellor and the Minister of Education as the Co-Chancellor of the university should be removed and arrange a board of trustees to run the university as demanded by former vice-chancellors, the news published. 

In an article wrote by Bimarsh Dahal in Kantipur titled 'Social Dutch Disease', it mentioned that the university sometimes produces heroes of not only political but also democratic consciousness, but currently there is no such environment in the university.

Tribhuvan University (TU) Student Welfare Fund and the Central Campus Free Student Union (FSU) have signed an agreement with Nepal Cricket Association (CAN), the organizer of Nepal Premier League (NPL), the news published in Kantipur daily to take donation more than US$17,000. The agreement was made without informing the official bodies including the Executive Council of the University under the pressure of the student organizations affiliated to various political parties, their leaders and FSU, the news mentioned. According to the news, the Association has been organizing the game with an annual rent of US$ 6297. The contracted amount US$ 17,000 by the student organizations is additional way over US$ 6297 annual rent to be paid to TU.

Often appointment of a politically non-aligned person as the head of universities can help them to improve. However, the above action is very political and cannot be done without blessings of the leaders of major political parties. This is the shadow of the Dadaist attitude of political parties. Party affiliations of student unions is also another plague in the mal functioning of institutions such as TU.  

The Investigation Committee's report of Tribhuvan University's land encroachment to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority is also repeated in the media last week also.

On this matter, Basant Basnet published a video analysis on Onlinekhabar of Minister Pun daring move to deal with the issue that the previous ministers could not do even if they wanted to, and some of them even did not want to do. 

Students studying in MBBS vandalized the Vice Chancellor's office of Tribhuvan University accusing the university management of neglecting them when they demanded to be allowed to study in the third year without passing the second year examination, vandalized the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Deepak Aryal's office, the news mentioned. 

There can be tens of alternative and peaceful ways to pressurize for your point to be heard. This incident reveals the character and attitude of the students of MBBS i.e. future doctors, the very people who would be treating patients. It is ironic that the patients of the future should be already scared now as they know that the group who resort to vandalism to put pressure for their demands to be met - are the doctors of the future! 

The Medical Education Commission has published the results of the Entrance Exam for various categories under the graduation level of medical education. The names of 7,529 examinees names have been published in the results of MBBS, BSc Nursing, BDS, Midwifery Free, BNS, BMS, BAMS, B Optometry and other subjects. The commission has published the names of students who scored more than 44, mentioned the news.

The Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has issued a notice regarding the inclusion of QR code in the certificate. Incorporation of QR code in diploma and certificate level transcripts and pre-diploma level original certificates issued by the office through ITMS and online, there was the news. Similarly, the examination conducted at Nepal-India Friendship Multi-Technical School in Hetauda under CTEVT was canceled after distribution of old question papers. Due to the negligence of the head of the exam center and the external assistant, all the exams were canceled because old question papers were distributed to the candidates mentioned the news. 

The critical educational situation of Bastipur Secondary School in Lahan Municipality has started to improve. According to the demand of the parents of the school, after the transfer of five teachers from that school under the leadership of Ward President Dhanik Lal Yadav, the face of the school has started to change and improve the quality of learning, published the news. Concerned parents said that after five teachers including the head teacher were transferred to other places and new teachers were brought in, the condition of the school started to improve within a few months, quoted the news. 

Melauli Municipality in Baitadi merged 10 basic schools in the middle of the academic session, after the number of students decreased due to migration and other reasons, the news came.

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a case in a special court against Sanjay Prasad, the Principal of Jai Kisan Secondary School, Dharahari, Rautahat, on the charge of bribery. A case was filed against him after he was found to have accepted a bribe of US$ 350, the news quoted. 

Students who came to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the name of higher education have been reported cheated. Students realized they were cheated for being placed in a rented common room or flat in the UAE that looked like private tuition center. According to the news, the Ministry has started an investigation saying that some consulting companies of Nepal may also have invested in such an organization. 

Yes, the Ministry of Education has the duty to investigate and bring the culprit to justice on the matter. However, it is also the responsibility of the concerned student and their parents to make sure that it’s a genuine organization. In fact, even the concerned Education Consultancy may not be fully aware of the status of the host institution abroad. Government should have a mechanism to check its authenticity through a list of accredited institutions in the concerned country – at least in those ones where there is Nepal’s residential embassy.  Students’ go anywhere on their will and holding the government accountable all the time is also not fair. 

Purpose of this news review is to classify and synthesize the educational content of the week and provide objective comments from the point of view of social justice and creative pedagogy including the environment. It is aimed to the policy makers and stakeholders to help make informed decisions. In this joint effort of the Center for Educational Policies and Practices (CEPP) and EduKhabar, material from daily newspapers - Kantipur, Gorkhapatra and The Himalayan Times, online news portals - Online Khabar, Setopati and Ratopati and the 8 o'clock news of Nepal Television and 7 o'clock news of Himalaya Television is summarized and presented with commentary on relevant issues. We have covered the contents from15-21 Nov 2025 in this issue and this often is the translated version of Nepali edition - The Editor.

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