INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 19
Three medical students today filed a writ petition against the Medical Education Commission, Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj Campus, Birat Medical College
and Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, seeking stay order of the scholarship results published by the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology.
The petition demanded that the provision of 75 per cent scholarship, as stipulated by the law be made mandatory in
all state funded medical colleges
The petitioners have also demanded the notice for scholarship to be re-announced, as 75 per cent scholarship was announced in only three
state funded medical colleges — Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj Campus, Patan Academy of Health Sciences and BP Koirala Institute of
Health Sciences, Dharan.
Earlier the Medical Education Commission had decided to provide 75 per cent scholarship quota for MBBS and other
bachelor level health students from this academic year.
The scholarship is available for MBBS, BDS, nursing, Ayurvedic medicine and
radiology, among various other bachelor level health programmes
However, National Medical Education Act has stipulated that 75 per cent scholarship seats be allocated in state-funded medical colleges
The act also stipulates that private medical colleges need to reserve 10 per cent scholarship quota for students.
&The act has clearly
stated that 75 per cent scholarship should be given by the state funded medical colleges
Therefore, it is injustice to give the privilege only to the students at three state funded medical colleges,& said Md Nasir, one of the
petitioners.
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