FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

The Kathmandu Post

25 June 2017

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

About one and half years ago, the government formed a high level commission to draft the Health Profession Education Policy (HPEP). Despite its recommendations to fix the fee for students who wanted to pursue the faculty of medicine, the government was dilly-dallying to do so. As a result, the medical colleges were charging exorbitant sums for MBBS and post graduate courses.

Tribhuvan University has finally fixed fees amounting to Rs, 3.1 million for MD/MS programmes and has instructed the Institution of Medicine (IOM) to charge the fees accordingly (“Rs. 3.1m fee set for MD/MS courses” June 22, Page 3). However, the challenge for both TU and IoM is whether the medical colleges will abide by this rule. Any colleges found to be still charging exorbitant fees should be lawfully punished.

Likewise, the fees for the MBBS course also need to be fixed immediately so that studying medicine will be affordable for aspiring students. The government should take sincere initiatives to monitor whether private schools are strictly following its instructions with regard to charge the school fees based upon the its established criteria. Parents have been cheated by these schools in the name of providing quality education.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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