Nepal’s biggest university is under fire for privatising MPhil, PhD courses

Some students have been protesting what they call the arbitrariness of the country’s oldest and biggest university, Tribhuvan University, in the MPhil and PhD programmes for a week now.

The students have objected to the implementation of the courses and fees by the university claiming they are similar to those of private institutions. Students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences have declared an indefinite protest under the name ‘TU Student Struggle Committee’. They have also complained that both the fees and teaching methods are not scientific, adding these courses should be made accessible to larger groups of students who cannot afford private institutions.