Educationists stress on maintaining autonomy of universities

KATHMANDU: Educationists have emphasized the need for maintaining the autonomy the universities.

At a national education workshop on ‘University Grants Commission and Nepal’s Higher Education’ organised by Pragyik Vidyarthi Parishad (PVP) Nepal, they expressed such view.

The Educationists suggested the university to keep the universities autonomous to expand students’ access to higher education, to make education affordable and improve education quality of university.

Legal reforms, investment in research and institutional autonomy of the universities are needed to resolve problems of higher education.

On the occasion, former vice-chancellor of the Purbanchal University, Prof Dr Biju Kumar Thapaliya stressed the need to stop political intervention on higher education.

He pointed out weak institutional autonomy, insufficient investment in research and lack of policy continuity as the challenges.