The medium language of teaching

Nepal’s universities should remove barriers that restrict the possibilities for obtaining higher education.

About a year and half ago, an unsigned letter was published in the popular online portal Setopati.com. Some students enrolled in the Master of Arts programme in the Central Department of Journalism of Tribhuvan University (TU) had penned the letter, addressing it to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of TU. In the letter they complained against the compulsory requirement of their department whereby they had to take their exams in English. They pointed out that this provision had come as a barrier to them since all of their previous studies had been completed in Nepali.