Sirijanga rural municipality to provide scholarship for MBBS student

PHUNGLING, June 18: The Sirijanga rural municipality in Taplejung has announced to provide free education to students originally from the rural municipality wishing to pursue an MBBS degree.

The local government made this announcement through its ninth assembly on Thursday. It has stated that one student who passes the entrance exam for the MBBS studies from the Medical Education Commission will be entitled for the scholarship to be given by the local government. The rural municipality has fixed a condition for the beneficiary: the graduate is mandated to serve at the health facility at the locality at least for two years.