Academicians wanted loosening of government control of universities. Yet the prime minister’s grip has only tightened

Sasmit Pokharel says the prime minister and the education minister will be removed from the positions of chancellor and co-chancellor in the second phase of reforms.

Educationists, professors and civil society leaders have criticised the Balendra Shah-led government for introducing university reforms that they claim tighten the prime minister’s grip on universities instead of curtailing political interference.