Education Minister Announces Review of Law Designating Prime Minister as University Chancellor

March 24, Mahendranagar – Education, Science and Technology Minister Sasmita Pokharel stated that the legal provision assigning the Prime Minister as the Chancellor and the Education Minister as the Vice-Chancellor of Nepalese universities will be reviewed. Minister Pokharel made these remarks during a visit to Sudurpaschim University in Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, on Tuesday while speaking with journalists.
“It is essential to end the increasing politicization within universities. To achieve this, the current system that designates the Prime Minister as Chancellor and the Education Minister as Vice-Chancellor will be revisited,” she said.
During the visit, she also mentioned that the current government is firmly implementing the previous government’s decision to dissolve student organizations within universities. Minister Pokharel expressed the government’s commitment to supporting academic development and instructed university officials and staff to work in alignment with the government’s pace and the hundred-day action plan.