State of the unions

This is the right time to start a fresh debate on how to improve the faltering image of student unions.

Tribhuvan University is preparing to hold the Free Student Union elections on March 19. The student polls that should be conducted every two years had been repeatedly postponed due to disputes. Although a touch late, the university, Nepal's oldest and largest where around 80 percent of the country's students in higher education get enrolled, has finally fixed the date. If things go as planned, new student representatives should be elected after two months.