INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, September 23
The government has given a month ultimatum to medical colleges to return the extra fees taken from students.
At a
meeting held in the presence of Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokharel, the
Ministry of Home Affairs today decided to take action against medical colleges if they failed to return the extra charges taken from
students within a month.
The meeting also decided to file a fraud case against medical colleges under the Medical Education Act, said Sunil
Khadka, media coordinator at the education ministry.
Institute of Medicine Dean Jagadish Prasad Agrawal, medical college deans, Tribhuvan
University Registrar Sudha Tripathi, Vice-chair of Medical Education Commission Shree Krishna Giri, along with other officials, were also
present at the meeting.
&We will take stern action against medical colleges
We could go to the extent of scrapping their affiliation and quota for medical seats,& said Giri.
We sat for the meeting as it was necessary
to stop the anomalies and irregularities of medical colleges
Some medical colleges are found to be charging exorbitant fees.
The government had put a cap on the amount colleges could take from students
A Cabinet meeting, last year, had capped the fees for MBBS course at Rs 3.85 million in Kathmandu valley and Rs 4.24 million outside the
However, colleges are found charging extra money under different headings.
Chitwan Medical College students had staged protest nearly three
weeks ago after they were told that those who had not paid extra dues would not be allowed to sit for the examinations
They have ended their protest with the signing of an agreement in the District Administration Office on September 21.
Medical students and
activists expressing solidarity with the agitating students had staged a peaceful protest on Saturday in Kathmandu demanding stern action
against medical colleges charging exorbitant fees from students.
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