Global International in Kathmandu, Kashyap Institute of Engineering in Janakpur and Nepal Education Foundation College in Lalitpur cannot admit students.
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The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has banned the admission of students in three colleges run in connection with foreign universities. The High Level Evaluation and Monitoring Committee meeting chaired by Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai has decided not to admit students to Global International in Kathmandu, Kashyap Institute of Engineering in Janakpur and Nepal Education Foundation Consortium of Colleges in Lalitpur.
According to the ministry, Global is not conducting the program of the affiliated university, Kashyap's equivalence case is pending in the Supreme Court and Nepal Education Foundation is in the process of transfer, so students cannot be admitted. Civil engineering, BBA, MBA, information technology and other subjects were taught in this college.
The ministry has also published a list of 56 foreign-affiliated colleges where students can enroll. According to the Secretariat of Education Minister Bhattarai, the list of colleges which are in operation with permission from the Ministry, which have undergone regular renovations, have audited and paid taxes, have received permission to add programs as per rules, and have received equivalence from Tribhuvan University has been published.
The ministry has also formed an expert task force to monitor colleges affiliated to foreign educational institutions. A 5-member committee has been formed under the coordination of Vinil Aryal, the former dean of the university. Earlier, former education minister Sumana Shrestha had formed a study committee under the coordination of former secretary Shankar Prasad Koirala to monitor these colleges and submit a report. The inquiry committee formed on May 24 submitted its report on May 32. After Shrestha left the ministry, the report could not be implemented. Education Minister Bhattarai has formed the committee again.
The Koirala-led committee found during the study that 48 foreign colleges were running educational programs against the norms. In the 'Guidelines for conducting higher education in relation to foreign educational institutions-2059', the criteria for conducting colleges and their educational programs in Nepal is mentioned only in relation to universities that are within 1000 in the world ranking. But it was found that the Ministry of Education was giving permission to 48 foreign affiliated colleges to conduct teaching against the norms set by the Ministry of Education.
The meeting of the committee chaired by Education Minister Bhattarai has decided to add the program only to universities that are within the top 1000 in the world ranking and are part of QNON. The meeting also decided to integrate the list of foreign affiliated colleges in University Grants Commission and Education and Human Resource Development Center. Earlier, only the ministry was keeping the details of the colleges.
