Tribhuvan

University

Students

can

But
Rudra

not

fill

many

Poudel,

today

opened

forms

till

students

Campus

admission

forms

February

10

today

Chief,

Ratna

approached
Rajya

for

masters

level

classes

will

and
colleges

Campus,

said

to

fill

that

very

in

different

begin
forms,
few

faculties

from
largely

students

under

February
due
came

to
to

the
11,

old

according

ongoing
the

annual

college

winter
to

system.
to

TU.

vacation.

collect

forms.

Ram Hari Bhattarai, an official of the examination section of Ratna Rajya College, said 12 students collected admission forms from the college
administration
today.
The
college
administration,
however,
remains
opens
even
during
winter
vacation.
Admission under annual format was opened after TU decided to withdraw its earlier decision to implement the semester system in Valley campuses
following
pressure
from
student
unions.
TU had even opened admission forms under semester system in December, aiming to start classes under the semester system from January.
Protesting student unions then had halted form distribution, saying TU should not run classes under semester system now because Valley campuses
lacked
proper
infrastructure
and
resources.
After various rounds of talks, TU then had decided to shelve its semester system plan and decided to open forms. Earlier, it had said it would open
admission forms under the old annual system on January 23, but later again it fixed the date for opening forms as January 26.
Students

can

collect

their

admission

forms

by

paying

Rs

250.

Admission

fee

is

yet

to

be

fixed,

said

Bhattarai.

He said that the students collected admission form by paying Rs 250 while the admission fee had not been finalised yet.
Last year the admission fee for Masters in English was Rs 8,400. As per an agreement reached with the students earlier, the college administration
can increase the fee by 10 per cent every year. The accounts section and the administration will finalize fee structure soon, he added.
Private Colleges affiliated to TU, however, are not happy with the decision to shelve the semester system plan. They say they are well-equipped to run
masters classes under the semester system. But with TU making it clear that classes will run under the old annual format, they are left with no option
then to go by the TU decision. We have no other option than to follow TUs calendar, said Rajendra KC, coordinator of Private College Association of
Nepal.
Posted by : The Himalayan Times