There are currently about 50 campuses affiliated with foreign universities operating in Nepal. However, questions have been raised about the academic quality of some of them.
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The government has announced that it will make policy arrangements for the best foreign universities at the international level to operate campuses in Nepal. Presenting the budget for the fiscal year 2083/084 in Parliament, Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle said that the government will encourage foreign universities to run educational programs in Nepal. Currently, about 50 campuses affiliated with foreign universities are operating in Nepal.
But questions have been raised about the educational quality of some of them. There is no clear law for operating foreign campuses in Nepal. Foreign campuses have been operating on the basis of guidelines since 2059 BS. The government has announced that it will amend the Education Act and formulate regulations for regulating foreign campuses.
There are 56 colleges of foreign universities, including 28 from the UK, in Nepal.
It is mentioned in the budget that arrangements will be made for academic experience exchange between domestic and foreign professors. Finance Minister Wagle said that the universities will be operated on an investment partnership model while providing financial autonomy. The budget statement mentions that arrangements will be made for youth in foreign employment to study under the Nepal Open University.
A budget of Rs 1 billion has been allocated to map the infrastructure needs of community schools across the country. The government has stated that educational programs in four subjects, including MBBS, will be run at the Shahid Dasharath Chandra Institute of Health Sciences in Sudurpaschim Province from the coming fiscal year. The government has allocated a budget of Rs 8.6 billion for the scholarship program targeting the underprivileged from school to university.
Finance Minister Wagle said that residential schools will be run to ensure free education for the underprivileged. The budget mentions that such a school will be opened by the Chepang community in Chitwan district. A budget of Rs 218.3 billion has been allocated for the education sector for the coming fiscal year. In the current fiscal year, a budget of Rs 211.17 billion was allocated for the education sector.
