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	<strong>--By Gopal Sangroula</strong></div>
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	The School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP), which aimed to reform the school education system, is trailing out without making any significant progress. The five-year ambitious project aimed at reforming curriculum, management and examination system in order to bring about structural changes in the education system. &nbsp;Fifteen donor agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UNDP and USAID have been supporting the SSRP.&nbsp;</div>
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	SSRP has been the next big thing in Nepal&rsquo;s education reformation since the new education system was introduced in 1971. Launched in September, 2009 the project aimed to fulfil the state&rsquo;s objective of ensuring &lsquo;Education for All&rsquo; but fell short. Of other factors behind its failure, failure of the government to get the SSRP bill endorsed through parliament has been pointed by some as the major one.&nbsp;</div>
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	Ministry officials, however, are pushing to buy another two years for this Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget programme, according to Mahashram Sharma, spokesperson for the education ministry.&nbsp;</div>
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	The project aimed at improving the status of public schools along with the general education status of the nation. However, most of the plan has only been limited to paper. Educationist Bidhan Koirala points lack of realisation and recognition by the government, policy makers and political leaders about the outcome of SSRP as the major factor behind its failure.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;If it was a politically originated document, it would have been endorsed. But as it&rsquo;s an academically originated document, the political leaders have taken it in their own way. Though efforts are being made to endorse the bill through parliament, political leaders are not giving it the importance that it deserves,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	While the donor agencies contribute 22 per cent of the total Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget, the government has been contributing the remaining78 per cent. If the Ministry succeeds in buying two years time for the plan, it will require an additional Rs 117 billion for implementing the remaining projects. While informing that necessary documentation in this regard has been presented to the donor agencies, Sharma said that the ministry is planning to table the bill at the parliament at the earliest.&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile donors are requesting to increase the budget of the education sector to 20 per cent of the total budget. Though this year the education sector received the largest pie of the budget, donor agencies have pointed out that this is due to the salary of staff.&nbsp;</div>
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	If SSRP gets another lease of life, it aims to amend the current education Act. In other changes, the current four-tier education system (i.e. primary, lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary levels) will be brought down to two: &nbsp;class 1-8 would be made basic level and 9-12 secondary level.</div>
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	Meanwhile, former president of Nepal Teachers&rsquo; Association, Mohan Gyawali says SSRP should not be implemented till the demands of teachers are fulfilled. He says that the government is trying to move out of its educational responsibility by handing over the school management to community.&nbsp;</div>
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	The education ministry has declared Rasuwa, Kapilvastu and Dadeldhura as model districts for SSRP programme. However, the progress reports of these districts are yet to come out. &nbsp;The ministry had earlier committed to achieve the millennium development goal by 2015. Decreasing the dropout rates and bringing to the schools those children who are out of schools were some of the programmes under SSRP.</div>
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	Udhyami Bhetghat, signature event of Udhyami Impact Fund (UIF) conducted Udhyami Bhetghat-Education this month on 12th of February. The programme was held at Wunjala Moskva Restaurant, Naxal which was focused on the education sector of Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
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	The event was catered to individuals and companies in the Education sector where various entrepreneurs, investors, experts and interested people in the sector were present to expand their network and explore ways to collaborate.</div>
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	Dr Bidhya Nath Koirala, Professor &amp; Head of the Department of Central Department of Education, Shanta Dixit, Founder and Director, Rato Bangala School, Jyoti Tandukar CEO of Alternative Technology and Kailash Badu, Co-founder of Teacher Access were the experts and featured guests of the programme. They shared their insights on the existing education industry of Nepal and challenges in the current system in the programme.&nbsp;</div>
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	The participants were from diverse education sector value chain such as curriculum developers, content writers, commercial schools and colleges, non-profit organizations focused on education to marginalized populations, trainers, workshop/seminar companies, IT education companies and many more.&nbsp;</div>
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	The main sponsor of the event was Biruwa Ventures Pvt Limited and the supporting sponsors were Thames International College and Kings College.</div>
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	Udhyami Bhetghat is held every month. The previous editions of the event were focused on agriculture and tourism sectors. It is a series of sector-focused networking event that hopes to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal by giving entrepreneurs a platform to network, share and learn.</div>
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
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	K and K is the abbreviation derived from the name of the two colleges, which have earned their distinct names in two different educational sectors: Kantipur College of Business, Management and Humanities Studies (KCBMHS) and Knowledge and Wisdom Academy (KWA). Renowned academicians established KCBMHS in 1998 with a mission to create quality Nepali management professionals. While KWA was established in 2001 by equally renowned academicians to cater to the growing demand from parents and students for world class quality higher education.</div>
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	K and K International College is an outcome of these two merged institutions. It was formally established in the year 2004 A.D and named K and K to represent both of the institution individually. However, the college has established its name distinctly in the field of education within a span of three years.</div>
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	Located at the heart of the Kathmandu, New Baneshwor, the college commits to meet up to the level or standard of these two colleges, which have established their name in management education.&nbsp;</div>
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	K and K offers HSEB affiliated +2 level courses, Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Social Work (BSW), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Arts (BA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBS), and Master&rsquo;s programme in Rural Development with affiliation from Tribhuvan University (TU). Recently the college has introduced new programme: Master&rsquo;s in Gender Studies too.</div>
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	Among these entire range of programme, K and K is the pioneer in BSW programme. The college adopted the programme in 2005, the very year TU introduced the course, and since then has been able to foster BSW graduates with best results and the ability to commit themselves social work field. The college is proud for its contribution in institutionalizing BSW course in Nepal and for establishing itself as one of the most vied upon institutions to study the course.&nbsp;</div>
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	Besides courses prescribed by the University, the college provides needful computer courses to the students of all faculties. With that, students are also provided with the various extracurricular activities like workshops, seminars, educational tours, quiz contests and sports.</div>
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	The college is spread over six ropanies of land with sufficient ground for sports, spacious library well-stocked with sufficient reference materials, hygenic and well maintained canteen, comfortable seminar hall, and class rooms with the best environment for academic excellence.</div>
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	&ldquo;We have always moved ahead by stepping on norms and ethics of social works&rdquo;, principal of college Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet said. &ldquo;We have provided top results in BSW till date,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that this year&rsquo;s gold medallist too is from K and K. Basnet shares that the K and K graduates have reached to higher level posts in big governmental and non-governmental organisations. &ldquo;Our programs are specially tailored to teach students for being responsible towards society and ensure that they posses skills that cater to market needs,&rdquo; he shares.</div>
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	The success of the college lies in its strong, diverse and qualified faculty members, its students and its energetic management team. &ldquo;There is only one thing that we are concerned about: Quality Education,&rdquo; says Basnet.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Little Angel&rsquo;s College of Management (LACM) and Prime College are two top Business colleges in the town, which are giving their best for the aspiring management students to help them become top leaders and managers of the future. LACM with affiliation with Kathmandu University is in the education sector since1999 while Prime is recognized for providing top management education since 2002.</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Little Angels College of Management</strong></span></div>
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	Little Angels College of Management (LACM) was established in 1999 with the objective to fulfil the void that would lead Nepal towards a path of development.&nbsp;</div>
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	The college aims to provide the country with young people who are armed with a certain set of managerial skills, to give work and production the direction, it requires for efficiency and excellence. It offers a team of experienced and dedicated teachers supporting the students at every stage of their journey.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	For students who choose a career in the fast paced and constantly changing environment of the business and technological world, Little Angels&rsquo; College of Management reproduces real world challenges as best as it can in the classroom.&nbsp;</div>
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	The College Offers the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and the Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS): both 120 credit, 4-year courses and Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) with the affiliation of highly reputed Kathmandu University. During the course, students will develop administrative and problem solving skills with a sharp knowledge of today&rsquo;s technology, preparing them for a lifetime of opportunities. For students aspiring to join Nepal&rsquo;s hospitality industry too, LA&rsquo;s Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM) is the perfect place to put your foot in the door.</div>
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							<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Mitra Bahadur Paudel" src="/userfiles/images/lc(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 185px;" />Mitra Bandhu Poudel, Principal</strong></span></div>
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							Every college is special in their own way. A business school should focus on market demand and necessity while developing the curriculum. Business Colleges helps in producing the skilled manpower demanded by the market. Quality products with healthy competitions of the colleges ultimately help in prospering the nation. Talking about Little Angels College of Management we focus on quality at affordable price. We provide professional touch in our course. We are moving very consciously towards providing the quality education to our students. About the placement part, our students are sellable in the market. LACM has no match in that case. Currently, we are looking forward to strengthen the course we already are providing to make it and deliver it better.</div>
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		<strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Prime College&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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	Prime College is a renowned IT, Management and Science College which is committed to excellence. The college has been successful to establish itself to the educational arena of Nepal for the 12 years. Located at the heart of the city Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, the college is well recognized for offering world-class academic programmes and a growing array of intellectual programmes. Activities such as debate, public speaking, social welfare, event organizing, and inter-college sports activities helps students to grow in diversity both academically and intellectually.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The College is well known for its extraordinary faculties, distinguished research scholars and experts to help come this far with outstanding academic results and National Champion titles in various sports events, such as Wushu, Table Tennis and Basketball as well. The College focuses on employment prospects through the acquisition of subject knowledge and practical skills.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The college has pooled some of the best academic facilities and highly prolific faculty members. Prime offers the combination of experienced and dedicated faculties to the students such as; London based Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert Associate Professor Dr. Suresh Manandhar, Prominent IT expert of Nepal, Dr. Bhushan Shrestha, and Prof. Dr. K.D. Koirala, a prominent management and marketing expert. The college also has highly experienced and trained foreign and Nepali faculties in Hotel Management.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Courses Offered</strong></span></div>
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	The College offers Plus 2 program (Management and Science streams) in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB).And Bachelors program in affiliation with Tribhuvan University (TU). Bachelors program include Bachelor of Information Management (BIM), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (B.Sc. CSIT) and Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS).</div>
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								One of the specialties of our college is to work in a group. Our management is moving forward with the vision of providing quality education to the students. We are motivated to work hard with the positive involvement of student and guardians from national level. We also help our students for providing employment beyond quality education. We are giving our continuous effort in the education sector. While selecting the business schools, the students should concentrate on modern education system, skills of communication and educational levels of faculty members. They should also verify whether the college will help the students in job placement after the completion of study or not.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes LLB Second Year Results</strong></span></div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has published the examination result of LLB Second year 2013. TU&rsquo;s Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published results of the examination held during April-May, 2013, on Tuesday, 31st December.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>BPKIHS Tenth Convocation Ceremony in February</strong></span></div>
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	BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan is going to hold its 10th convocation ceremony on 4thFebruary 2014. The ceremony will be held on the BPKIHS premises itself. The institute has called on all it&rsquo;s passed out students of 2009/2010 batch of MD/MS programme, 2006 /2007 batch of MBBS programme for participating in the ceremony that is scheduled to start from 11 am. Along with that BSc Nursing, BSc MLT, BSc OT, MPH have been also notified to be present at the time. A notice issued by the institution has asked for submitting applications for the ceremony by January 29, 2014.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Students Padlock STA</strong></span></div>
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	Students have padlocked the administration office of the Seti Technical Academy (STA), Doti for an indefinite period from Thursday, January 2. Agitating students padlocked the administrative office demanding sufficient educational resources in the institute. Students have said that they wont open the locks unless their demands are addressed by the campus administration. Classes as well as administrative work at the institute have been halted following the lockout.</div>
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	The campus provides three-year diploma in engineering, ISc (Ag), ANM, Agriculture and Veterinary JTA courses. Around 400 students are studying at present in the institution.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Motor Rally to Promote Literacy</strong></span></div>
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	Rotary Club of Bagmati organized a motor rally on January 2 to promote literacy.The rally began from Tundikhel, Kathmandu and ended at Water Front Resort, Pokhara. Besides promoting literacy, the programme also aimed at encouraging safe driving, as the winner of the competition were decided on the basis of other factors rather than driving speed. To make the event more effective, the organizers had also designed a competition where the participants were judged on the basis of creativity they put in for decorating their cars with artworks that reflected the theme of literacy.In 2005 the Club had organized similar motor rally to promote anti-tobacco and anti-smoking awareness.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CIAA Committees to Investigate School Funds</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Three Committees have been formed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate schools in six districts that are out of operation but still receiving the government funds. The committees have been assigned to investigate schools in Sarlahi, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bara and Parsa district.</div>
<div>
	A committee led by CIAA Joint-secretary Ramkrishna Subedi is said to be studying the schools in Sarlahi and Rautahat while another led by DSP Sudarshan Koirala will inspect schools in Dhanusha and Mahottari. A three-member team led by an under-secretary at the CIAA regional office, Bidurraj Giri will be investigating Bara and Parsa districts.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Tribhuvan University (TU) has published the examination result of LLB Second year 2013. TU’s Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published results of the examination held during April-May, 2013, on Tuesday, 31st December.',
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			'title' => 'Office Conflict: Women And The ‘Catty’ Trap',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Don&rsquo;t call it a catfight.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	That&rsquo;s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The scholars, Leah D. Sheppard and Karl Aquino, asked 152 subjects to assess three workplace conflict scenarios involving a pair of managers. The examples were identical, save for the names of the individuals involved: Adam and Steven, Adam and Sarah, and Sarah and Anne.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Participants were asked to assess the likelihood that the two managers would be able to repair their relationship and the effect of the dispute on team and company morale. The subjects, both male and female, consistently viewed the conflict between the two women in the most negative light.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The researchers don&rsquo;t know exactly why women-on-women fights are perceived so negatively, but they have some theories.&ldquo;Conflicts between women violate our norms of what is prescribed for women,&rdquo; says Sheppard.&ldquo;We have this perception that women can be really catty and terrible to each other, but we don&rsquo;t think women should be that way. We want to see women supporting one another, because they are a marginalized group.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Language may play a role, with loaded terms such as &ldquo;catfight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queen Bee syndrome&rdquo; often deployed when women fight. &nbsp;&ldquo;We are hard-pressed to think of a term comparable to &lsquo;catfight&rsquo; that is regularly used to label conflict and competition between two men,&rdquo; the scholars write in&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the study.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The bias against female-female conflict may affect hiring and promotions for women. Managers may unconsciously decide against assigning two women together if there appears to be some discord between them. Women may also be more reluctant to speak up against another female colleague if they think they may be penalized, or labeled as catty, for doing so.The scholars hope that the study will boost managers&rsquo; awareness of the bias against fights between women when dealing with workplace conflicts and assignments. Awareness may also prevent women from harping publicly about conflicts with other women. &ldquo;For me personally, I might avoid ruminating about a conflict with a coworker. It will already be more salient to people, so probably speaking about it won&rsquo;t help,&rdquo; Ms. Sheppard says.<em> (blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'Don’t call it a catfight.
That’s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.',
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			'article_category_id' => '151',
			'title' => 'Studying MBA At Premium Education Institution Of The Country',
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			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector. Tribhuvan University School of Management&rsquo;s (SOMTU) MBA programme is considered to be one of the best courses available in Nepal. The institution claims of having best teaching standards and industry-focused curriculum that produces capable and efficient professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU School of Management (SOMTU)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM TU envisages implementing the MBA programme professionally and promises to have academically qualified faculty members that have professional exposure and experience, among others. The Working Procedure Regulations 2066 BS governs the institute&rsquo;s working procedures while providing it a full autonomous status. The SOM Governing Board is the apex body that is authorized to determine all academic, administrative, and financial policy of this school.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SOM MBA Programme</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM&rsquo;s MBA programme is a full time course that focuses on developing managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of students through curricular and co-curricular activities. It specifically aims to prepare professional managers for business and non-business sectors. Along with that, the course aims to develop entrepreneurs that will be capable of evaluating risks and taking on challenges in emerging global business environment. Every SOM MBA grad will have the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary for developing scientific approach towards business, being result oriented, and being socially responsive management professionals.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The programme has 60 credit hours with components that involve course work, seminars, practicum, experiential learning, and graduate research project.The total duration of the programme is 2 years and is spread over four semesters.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Student Intake</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Madhav Raj Koirala, Director of the SOM, says, not all aspiring students manage to get into the SOM MBA programme, though they receive overwhelming number of applications in every admission session.</div>
<div>
	Student intake for the MBA programme takes place twice a year. The spring intake begins from the month of January for the February &ndash; June semester, while the fall intake begins from July for the August &ndash; December semester.SOM takes a total of 35 students of which 5 seats are reserved for corporate sponsorships and foreign students. Corporate and foreign students must secure a minimum of 60 percent in the written entrance test (SOMAT) for contending in this quota.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The applicant to the MBA programme must have a minimum of 15 years&rsquo; formal education (12 years of schooling plus three years of graduation). And with that, s/he must have secured a minimum CGPA of 2.0 or 45 percent in Bachelor&rsquo;s level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<p>
		&nbsp;</p>
</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Madhav Raj Koirala, Director, School of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 222px;" />Madhav Raj Koirala</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<strong>Director, School of Management</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The SOM MBA curriculum has a local focus with a global perspective. Comparatively, TU&rsquo;s MBA curriculum is not much different from others. The difference is the means and mode of delivering the course. Teaching faculties, teaching techniques, field exposures are the things that can differentiate TU&rsquo;s MBA from others. The SOMTU has a host of experienced and seasoned faculty members that includes professors and associate professors with doctorate degrees, long experience in teaching, research and consulting, along with other professionals that have tremendous experience in their respective field.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	We provide two special courses to our students: Practicum Course and Seminar Course. These courses aim to provide specific skills and knowledge to the students that other general MBA courses do not provide.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Our students have greater exposure to industry where they inculcate essential skills to tackle real time issues. This exposure is coupled with research, seminars and experiential learning. These components enable them to be leaders in their professions.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector.',
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			'title' => 'Leading Business Schools For Management Studies',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;">Among the number of business colleges, King&rsquo;s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>King&rsquo;s College</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="King's College" src="/userfiles/images/lc1%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 65px;" />Kings College was established in 2003 as an A level institution. The college later developed into an institution of higher learning in 2009. Kings College aims to provide world-class education to Nepali youth here in Nepal that too at an affordable cost. With a team of committed educators, academicians and professionals at the helm, the college has undergone a complete transformation in terms of structure and quality as well as systems and processes.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in affiliation with the International American University (IAU), USA. The college offers a modern western education in Nepal with international brand and quality assurance. Adopting a holistic approach, the college pledges to promote and propagate value-based higher education that blends the best of the East and the West in concepts, applications and life purpose. King&rsquo;s focuses on producing and developing business leaders and entrepreneurial cadres who are ready to solve societal problems through entrepreneurship. General and Entrepreneurship focused MBA degrees are on offer.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td bgcolor="#E5E4E2">
				<div>
					<img alt="Dr Som P Pudasaini, Executive Chairman" src="/userfiles/images/lc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 247px;" />
					<div>
						<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Som P Pudasaini,</strong> Executive Chairman</span></div>
					<div>
						&nbsp;</div>
					<div>
						A business school should be chosen on the basis of three points. First is the quality of education - whether it can assure jobs in Nepal or anywhere else in the world. Second is whether such education comes at a reasonable cost. Most of all, students should choose a college where they think they can be happy, learn in class, play and learn a number of extracurricular activities. King&rsquo;s College has been training its graduates to be capable of working in the real world. Most of the curriculum we are using is international so that our students can be employed outside of Nepal too. King&rsquo;s college tries to help students to be entrepreneurs and managers who can take innovative decisions and at the same time be capable of taking judicious risks.&nbsp;</div>
				</div>
				<div>
					&nbsp;</div>
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</table>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<div>
		<em>(Kings College has been ranked\awarded the 5th Best Business Schools in Nepal and Best Emerging Business School by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>ACE Institute of Management</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="ACE Institute of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 59px;" />Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning center where students at different levels prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. In its 12-year history, since its inception in 1999, it has established itself as a leading institution that is living its vision of enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nation&rsquo;s development.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Ace institute launched the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment itself. Its MBA program has acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. In the undergraduate school, the BBA program is now considered to be one of the best in the country and the graduates of the institute have not only proven to excel in higher academic paths, but are also widely sought in the job market. Similarly, the Ace Higher Secondary School is well-known for its individual centered learning approach. The Centre for Institution and People Development (CIPD), the consulting division of Ace Institute of Management, is another example of the institute&rsquo;s effort in enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal. The launch of Ace A-Level and BBA-Banking and Insurance programs in 2008 is an additional milestone in its continuous endeavor to serve and facilitate learning.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
</div>
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					<img alt="Aashish Tiwari, Director" src="/userfiles/images/lc4%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 244px;" />
					<div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Aashish Tiwari,</strong> Director</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Students should make their decision of choosing a college based on infrastructures, the college&rsquo;s emphasis on practical knowledge and its recognition in the market. These three things are crucial for any college to attract students.</div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							At Ace, we lay a very strong foundation for the overall development of students. It is not only the intellectual development of the students or the grades that matter. Ace nurtures every student&rsquo;s potential and brings out the best in them. We try to focus on the weaknesses of our students and help them overcome them. Secondly, we treat our students with respect and believe that learning is a lifelong process. We want our students to not just focus on academics, but also experience the real world.</div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<em>(Ace Institute of Management has been ranked\awarded the 3rd Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
</div>
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			'title' => 'New Game Theory Research: Does Evolution Favour Jerks?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	So you believe in winning at all costs, even screwing fellow colleagues to get ahead in life? Well you may be in a bit of shock. An article in Popsi.com says although the selfish can survive for a while, but according to new game theory research, long-term survival requires cooperation.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The website quotes a study published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences that presented a new breakthrough strategy for the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma, a classic game theory situation that presents two prisoners with the opportunity to either cooperate or betray each other in exchange for lesser sentences, widely studied as a model for economics, psychology and evolutionary biology.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to the article, using a strategy called zero-determinant, or ZD (meaning that in the mathematical model, the value called the determinant is set to zero), the paper argued that selfish players could be guaranteed to beat cooperative players, enforcing &quot;a unilateral claim to an unfair share of rewards.&quot; Since the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma is used to explain biological phenomena, it raised the question: Does evolution favor jerks?</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The article says that Michigan State University microbiology and molecular genetics professor Christoph Adami and his research associate Arend Hintze immediately had doubts about whether ZD strategies could prove that evolution favors the selfish over the cooperative.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a paper published on August 9 in Nature Communications, they argue that according to their simulations, ZD strategies aren&#39;t evolutionarily stable, and that eventually, selfish players would have to become cooperative to survive. &quot;We found evolution will punish you if you&#39;re selfish and mean,&quot; Adami said in a press statement.</div>
<div>
	<em>(The Economic Times)</em></div>',
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			'title' => 'Is Your Office Making You Unproductive?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Global design firm Gensler found that companies&rsquo; attempts to provide space for staff to collaborate&ndash; &nbsp;often via open-plan layouts or low cubicles&ndash;have compromised workers&rsquo; ability to concentrate. The study, which surveyed &nbsp;2,035 employees at a variety of firms, found that the most effective workplaces include both quiet spaces and collaborative areas, and give employees a choice of where they&rsquo;d like to work at any given time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In one surprising finding, workers are spending more time in focus work, such as reading email or writing code, than in previous years, despite office layouts that seem more conducive to group work. The researchers say that that poorer focus may mean it takes longer to complete thought-intensive tasks.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Yet Gensler won&rsquo;t go so far as to say open-plan offices hinder workers&rsquo; prospects for getting work done&mdash;though plenty of employees say exactly that. (For one, companies love them because they usually consume less real estate than traditional cubicle farms.)</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of course, even the workers lucky enough to have offices must struggle with digital distractions, says Diane Hoskins, an executive director of Gensler. Only 54% of those with private offices reported that their space is ideal for focusing effectively, while 38% of those in private offices reported that their concentration was often disturbed by others, the study found.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The study bolstered the &ldquo;activity-based work&rdquo; movement, which holds that employees should choose different types of work environments &ndash; desks, caf&eacute;-like settings, meeting rooms &mdash; based on the type of tasks they are doing. &nbsp;At companies that give workers a choice of where to work, along with the tools for working remotely, employees were 12% more satisfied with their jobs than those at companies without remote-work options.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Still, even employees given the choice to work where they liked tended to spend the bulk of their time&mdash;some 70%&ndash;in the office. <em>(http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual&rsquo;s decision making ability.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal moved ahead for privatization from 1991 which resulted in an increase in economic activities in the country too. A number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial institutions were started with that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. The need for proper and effective management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. Soon, there was a high demand for people with proper management skills. MBA produced&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	that manpower.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The MBA programme was introduced in Nepal by Kathmandu University (KU) in 1993. Since then, the programme has supplied skilled manpower in the industrial and financial sectors. MBA has been the most demanded course among all the graduate programmes in the country. The demand for MBA graduates is high in the global market too due to the development witnessed in the financial and industrial sectors around the world. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With that, students&rsquo; attraction towards the course is also increasing every day. As a result, three other universities in Nepal namely Tribhuvan University, Purvanchal University, and Pokhara University have started teaching the MBA course over the past two decades. The degree has been very popular among students so far. &nbsp;Some colleges are also taking affiliations from foreign universities to run the programme.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With MBA gaining popularity among students and mid-career professionals, most organisations have made MBA degree almost compulsory to enter professional fields. Today an MBA graduate finds more opportunities that MBS, MA, or MED graduates. Education experts say MBA course helps one to become economically independent too. Likewise, it also helps in proper management of one&rsquo;s own lifestyle.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Opportunities</strong></span></div>
<div>
	MBA graduates are mostly found employed in the business sector. They are also found working in industries and non-profit institutions. They are also working as consultants for various organisations or as entrepreneurs themselves. Similarly, they can also work in the fields of accounting, advertising or business management too. Likewise, MBA graduates are also the first choice for positions like Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Communication Manager, Chief Information Manager, Finance Officer, and Loan Analyst. MBA graduates are sought after in the tourism and agriculture sectors in Nepal.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	MBA graduates get jobs easily and faster than other degree holders. They make more money as well.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>EMBA&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Executive Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (EMBA) course is designed for professionals who are already working in the business fields. This course aims to increase and sharpen their professional skills. While, the MBA course is for the regular students, EMBA is for working professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	One should have at least a bachelors&rsquo; degree and a minimum work experience (at least at an officer level), of a year with a government or non-government organisation to be eligible to pursue the EMBA course. EMBA course is in demand among people from the corporate sector.</div>',
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	The two days KUSOM Annual Festival (KAF) 2013, sponsored by Springwood, concluded on 7th December (Saturday). The first day of the festival was themed as &ldquo;We Care&rdquo;, which was organized at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) premises.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The day was devoted to contributing for society through different socially responsible initiatives carried out by the students such as blood donation camps, free health camps and donation programs including free ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) checkups, visual screening and dental camps. Along with that, clothes, books and stationary items were donated to around 20 students from SPARKS Children Home and from Patan CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation Center).</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile, the 2nd day of the festival was named &ldquo;Mana-Fest&rdquo; (short for management festival). The programme consisted of 15 different inter college competitions across the Kathmandu Valley. Among the different contests, Springwood&rsquo;s &ldquo;SNAP, SHARE, WIN&rdquo; held all day. The attraction of the programme was &lsquo;Eccentric Trendsetters Fashion Show&rsquo; and Rangoli competition on the theme of &lsquo;Celebration&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Islington College bagged the Best College Award by winning most number of competitions and students from BBA 3rd year of KUSOM won the Best Class of KUSOM Award by winning the most number of competitions among KUSOMites (KUSOM students).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, the inter college fest also saw a special performance from The Tito Satya team.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Increasing demand for human resources with entrepreneurial and managerial skills has fostered management studies. There are large numbers of colleges throughout the country, which provide management courses. Here are two colleges in Kathmandu that are renowned for producing some of the best business and management graduates around.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="WhiteHouse GSM" src="/userfiles/images/wgsm.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 199px;" />WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management (WhiteHouse GSM) was established in 2001 with the motto, &ldquo;Think Now. Think Smart. Think Ahead.&rdquo;The college has been envisioned as a center to provide excellent management education and research opportunities. Its specially tailored courses inculcate professional skills and capabilities in the students and engrain in them entrepreneurial and business leadership qualities.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Courses provided by the college are student-centered and include ample of research opportunities that help in expanding the frontiers of student&rsquo;s knowledge about business. Its courses are responsive to demands of national and international economy and it imbibes in it strategies for providing students better understanding of globalization, sustainability, ethical entrepreneurship and innovative approaches in business management.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Under the corporate umbrella of WhiteHouse Education Network, WhiteHouse GSM offers four-year Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor in Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences (BLAS) programmes at the undergraduate level.In addition, it also offers two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs at the postgraduate level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college imparts education through the use of advanced and student-friendly teaching-learning methodologies like group interactive lectures, discussions, seminars, case studies, project work, industrial visits, presentations along with internship opportunities in reputed corporations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the city, Mid-Baneshwor, WhiteHouse GSM is an applied management school for individuals who aspire to build enterprises on their own. At the same time, its professional programmes aim to produce managers who can handle government and private organizations efficiently.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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											<img alt="Sambhu K Dahal" src="/userfiles/images/sd(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 248px;" /><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sambhu K. Dahal</strong></span></div>
										<div>
											<span style="font-size:14px;">Programme Director, WhiteHouse GSM</span></div>
										<div>
											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											Guru mantra of management is knowledge, skill and attitude. Knowledge can be obtained in any schools or institutions. Main thing that our college does is to enable students with capacity to transform knowledge into skill.&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											The basic objective of our college is providing knowledge and converting that knowledge into skill and to improve the attitude of the student. We have some of the best faculty members and have the best physical infrastructure for providing standard education. Job placements are an important aspect of professional education courses. So far, our graduates have secured best positions in leading business organizations. Our College not only gives education but also helps them to be good entrepreneurs.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Thames International College</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="Thames International College" src="/userfiles/images/tic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 238px;" />Thames International College started its journey of serving Nepali youth in collegiate studies a decade ago.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college extends realistic assistance to young and aspiring adults in choosing academic course that meets their career ambition. It provides atmosphere where learning is not a forced compulsion but a creatively involving activity.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college concentrates on developing overall personality of its students instead of solely focusing on excelling in examinations. It believes that knowledge lies also beyond text books.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Thames assists its students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and provides opportunity to sharpen their own talents to overcome weaknesses. And all these services are provided through utmost professionalism. Thames concentrates on making the students realize the high competition in the outside world and how a strong academic back-up can assist them to excel in the competition.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college offers Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Information Management (BIM) and Bachelors&rsquo; in Rural Development and Social Work.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Located in the heart of the Kathmandu city, Old Baneshwor, the campus embodies a lifestyle appropriate for students where options for accommodation, transportation, shopping and entertainment are available as required by the students.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
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							<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Rajendra Man Sherchan&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;">Chairman</span></div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;">Thames International College</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Thames International College is dedicated to students&rsquo; education. It works for the welfare of the students. It not only focuses on imparting theoretical education but also equally focuses on providing practical education. We emphasize on workshops, seminars, field visits and personal interaction with the real world to provide ample exposure to students. Beside providing guidance on book-based knowledge, our teaching approaches assist the students in being highly competitive graduates that can sell their skills in the market. Placement of our graduates is good.</div>
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<p>
	<em>(Both Colleges have been awarded the 6th Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 presented by New Business Age.)</em></p>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Choosing &lsquo;Where you study&rsquo; is as important as &lsquo;What you study&rsquo;. Selecting the right college is an important decision to make as it decides the rest of your personal and professional life. An individual has to make this decision here are some aspects to be consideredwhile selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Firstly don&rsquo;t rush to get admitted in a particular college. Inquire and research to know enough about the options available and try to acquire more information from them so that you have sufficient resources to analyse and reach a conclusive decision.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If any of your prospective colleges don&rsquo;t provide sufficient information, try to do online research by visiting their websites, asking about the college on social media channels and if possible try to enquire with students who are studying or have studied in that college. Gather required information through any means available.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Once you have gathered information about prospective colleges and identified your educational needs, start the decision making process by eliminating college that do not meet your expectation. Eliminating such colleges, help focus on remaining colleges that mostly meet your needs and expectations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Your checklist, while digging out information for a prospective college, should consider factors likedegrees offered by the college, infrastructures and resources of the college (labs, libraries etc.), fee structure and costs, co-curricular activities, reputation and ranking of the college in the industry, associated faculty members, among others.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Find out courses offered by a college along with the relevancy of those courses to your career plan. Colleges offer many courses, but knowing your requirements can easily help you in eliminating or selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Infrastructure facilities like labs, classrooms, libraries, canteen and playgrounds are important factors that contribute in creating a conducive environment for academic studies. Thus, look out for infrastructural facilities that a college has and whether they cater to your personal needs.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Check out fee structure and total costs of a course that you have selected to study and cross compare it with the fee structure of other colleges, who provide same course.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Co-curricular activities play an important role in developing team spirit in individuals. Check out how and what type of co-curricular activities does a college conducts. Comparing these activities with other prospective colleges will provide another metric to select or deselect a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Reputation of a college in the industry is an important factor for professional career. Always try to be part of a renowned college that has earned reputation for grooming best industry professionals and a college that is managed by reputed academicians and professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, availability of faculty members, their qualification and reputation is another important factor that is directly related to the learning activity. In fact this is considered as one of the most important aspect while choosing acollege. Run a background check to verify that the faculty members listed on a college&rsquo;s brochure do really teach there. Full time faculty provide attention to students need in comparison to part time faculties.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Likewise, check availability of scholarships schemes and if you can qualify for any of them.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Lastly, don&rsquo;t get carried away with advertisements and hypes. Evaluate the college on the basis of the metrics listed above before buying the claims of any college&rsquo;s advertisement and pinning down a college to pursue your higher studies.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Australian Scholarships to 39 Nepalis</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Thirty-nine Nepali students havereceived Australia Awards Scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia in 2014. Education Secretary Narayan Gopal Malego and Australia&rsquo;s Ambassador to Nepal, Glenn White, on 3rd December, presented the Awards to the students amid a function organised by the Australian Embassy in Kathmandu. Of those awarded, 16 are women and 19 are government employees.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The students will be pursuing studies in areas of Australia&rsquo;s priority sectors in Nepal, which include health, education, governance, livelihoods, water and sanitation and forestry. A press statement released by the Australian embassy stated that the Australian scholarships aim to contribute to the long-term objectives of developing countries to promote growth and stability. The scholarships equip recipients with the skills and knowledge to drive change and contribute to the economic and social development of their own countries, the statement further added.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bharatpur Medical College Honoured</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The College of Medical Sciences (Bharatpur Medical College) has received a SAARC level honour for outstanding surgical services. The college was felicitated amid a programme on Sunday, December 1st amid a programme held within the hospital premises. Hospital Director &nbsp;Natraj Prasad said that a group, including personnel from the SAARC Surgical Care Society,had inspected the hospital activities last year.Bharatpur Medical College is the first among 20 government hospitals in the country, to receive such a award.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>St Xavier&rsquo;s College Celebrates 25th Anniversary</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="St Xavier’s College" src="/userfiles/images/sx.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 119px;" />St Xavier&rsquo;s College, Maitighar celebrated 25th anniversary on Tuesday, 3rd December. The college organised a special programme to mark the occasion and felicitated 18 teachers and staff membersfor their services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, it also felicitated students who have excelled in various faculties and contributed to the nation. Vice President Parmanand Jha lauded the college&rsquo;s contribution to the nation and said, &ldquo;The dedication of Fathers and teachers toward their job and the students&rsquo; hard work have ensured the college a good reputation at both national and international levels.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	He opined that teachers at school and higher education level must be dedicated toward their job for Nepal&rsquo;s progress in education sector.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Father Augustine Thomas SJ, Principal of the college, informed that the college is working for upgrading as a university.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University Published 1 Year B.Ed Results</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Tribhuvan University" src="/userfiles/images/tu(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 90px;" />Tribhuvan University Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published the results of one year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) examination on Wednesday, 5th December. Total of 2,555 students passed the examination out of 8,087 (31.59%). The examination of one year B.Ed was held on Magha 2068.</div>',
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	The School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP), which aimed to reform the school education system, is trailing out without making any significant progress. The five-year ambitious project aimed at reforming curriculum, management and examination system in order to bring about structural changes in the education system. &nbsp;Fifteen donor agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UNDP and USAID have been supporting the SSRP.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	SSRP has been the next big thing in Nepal&rsquo;s education reformation since the new education system was introduced in 1971. Launched in September, 2009 the project aimed to fulfil the state&rsquo;s objective of ensuring &lsquo;Education for All&rsquo; but fell short. Of other factors behind its failure, failure of the government to get the SSRP bill endorsed through parliament has been pointed by some as the major one.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	Ministry officials, however, are pushing to buy another two years for this Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget programme, according to Mahashram Sharma, spokesperson for the education ministry.&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	The project aimed at improving the status of public schools along with the general education status of the nation. However, most of the plan has only been limited to paper. Educationist Bidhan Koirala points lack of realisation and recognition by the government, policy makers and political leaders about the outcome of SSRP as the major factor behind its failure.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;If it was a politically originated document, it would have been endorsed. But as it&rsquo;s an academically originated document, the political leaders have taken it in their own way. Though efforts are being made to endorse the bill through parliament, political leaders are not giving it the importance that it deserves,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	While the donor agencies contribute 22 per cent of the total Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget, the government has been contributing the remaining78 per cent. If the Ministry succeeds in buying two years time for the plan, it will require an additional Rs 117 billion for implementing the remaining projects. While informing that necessary documentation in this regard has been presented to the donor agencies, Sharma said that the ministry is planning to table the bill at the parliament at the earliest.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile donors are requesting to increase the budget of the education sector to 20 per cent of the total budget. Though this year the education sector received the largest pie of the budget, donor agencies have pointed out that this is due to the salary of staff.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If SSRP gets another lease of life, it aims to amend the current education Act. In other changes, the current four-tier education system (i.e. primary, lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary levels) will be brought down to two: &nbsp;class 1-8 would be made basic level and 9-12 secondary level.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile, former president of Nepal Teachers&rsquo; Association, Mohan Gyawali says SSRP should not be implemented till the demands of teachers are fulfilled. He says that the government is trying to move out of its educational responsibility by handing over the school management to community.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The education ministry has declared Rasuwa, Kapilvastu and Dadeldhura as model districts for SSRP programme. However, the progress reports of these districts are yet to come out. &nbsp;The ministry had earlier committed to achieve the millennium development goal by 2015. Decreasing the dropout rates and bringing to the schools those children who are out of schools were some of the programmes under SSRP.</div>
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	Udhyami Bhetghat, signature event of Udhyami Impact Fund (UIF) conducted Udhyami Bhetghat-Education this month on 12th of February. The programme was held at Wunjala Moskva Restaurant, Naxal which was focused on the education sector of Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
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	The event was catered to individuals and companies in the Education sector where various entrepreneurs, investors, experts and interested people in the sector were present to expand their network and explore ways to collaborate.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Dr Bidhya Nath Koirala, Professor &amp; Head of the Department of Central Department of Education, Shanta Dixit, Founder and Director, Rato Bangala School, Jyoti Tandukar CEO of Alternative Technology and Kailash Badu, Co-founder of Teacher Access were the experts and featured guests of the programme. They shared their insights on the existing education industry of Nepal and challenges in the current system in the programme.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The participants were from diverse education sector value chain such as curriculum developers, content writers, commercial schools and colleges, non-profit organizations focused on education to marginalized populations, trainers, workshop/seminar companies, IT education companies and many more.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The main sponsor of the event was Biruwa Ventures Pvt Limited and the supporting sponsors were Thames International College and Kings College.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Udhyami Bhetghat is held every month. The previous editions of the event were focused on agriculture and tourism sectors. It is a series of sector-focused networking event that hopes to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal by giving entrepreneurs a platform to network, share and learn.</div>
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
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								<strong>Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet</strong></div>
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								Principal, K and K</div>
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								International College</div>
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	K and K is the abbreviation derived from the name of the two colleges, which have earned their distinct names in two different educational sectors: Kantipur College of Business, Management and Humanities Studies (KCBMHS) and Knowledge and Wisdom Academy (KWA). Renowned academicians established KCBMHS in 1998 with a mission to create quality Nepali management professionals. While KWA was established in 2001 by equally renowned academicians to cater to the growing demand from parents and students for world class quality higher education.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	K and K International College is an outcome of these two merged institutions. It was formally established in the year 2004 A.D and named K and K to represent both of the institution individually. However, the college has established its name distinctly in the field of education within a span of three years.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the Kathmandu, New Baneshwor, the college commits to meet up to the level or standard of these two colleges, which have established their name in management education.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	K and K offers HSEB affiliated +2 level courses, Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Social Work (BSW), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Arts (BA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBS), and Master&rsquo;s programme in Rural Development with affiliation from Tribhuvan University (TU). Recently the college has introduced new programme: Master&rsquo;s in Gender Studies too.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Among these entire range of programme, K and K is the pioneer in BSW programme. The college adopted the programme in 2005, the very year TU introduced the course, and since then has been able to foster BSW graduates with best results and the ability to commit themselves social work field. The college is proud for its contribution in institutionalizing BSW course in Nepal and for establishing itself as one of the most vied upon institutions to study the course.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Besides courses prescribed by the University, the college provides needful computer courses to the students of all faculties. With that, students are also provided with the various extracurricular activities like workshops, seminars, educational tours, quiz contests and sports.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college is spread over six ropanies of land with sufficient ground for sports, spacious library well-stocked with sufficient reference materials, hygenic and well maintained canteen, comfortable seminar hall, and class rooms with the best environment for academic excellence.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have always moved ahead by stepping on norms and ethics of social works&rdquo;, principal of college Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet said. &ldquo;We have provided top results in BSW till date,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that this year&rsquo;s gold medallist too is from K and K. Basnet shares that the K and K graduates have reached to higher level posts in big governmental and non-governmental organisations. &ldquo;Our programs are specially tailored to teach students for being responsible towards society and ensure that they posses skills that cater to market needs,&rdquo; he shares.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The success of the college lies in its strong, diverse and qualified faculty members, its students and its energetic management team. &ldquo;There is only one thing that we are concerned about: Quality Education,&rdquo; says Basnet.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Little Angel&rsquo;s College of Management (LACM) and Prime College are two top Business colleges in the town, which are giving their best for the aspiring management students to help them become top leaders and managers of the future. LACM with affiliation with Kathmandu University is in the education sector since1999 while Prime is recognized for providing top management education since 2002.</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Little Angels College of Management</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Little Angels College of Management (LACM) was established in 1999 with the objective to fulfil the void that would lead Nepal towards a path of development.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college aims to provide the country with young people who are armed with a certain set of managerial skills, to give work and production the direction, it requires for efficiency and excellence. It offers a team of experienced and dedicated teachers supporting the students at every stage of their journey.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	For students who choose a career in the fast paced and constantly changing environment of the business and technological world, Little Angels&rsquo; College of Management reproduces real world challenges as best as it can in the classroom.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The College Offers the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and the Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS): both 120 credit, 4-year courses and Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) with the affiliation of highly reputed Kathmandu University. During the course, students will develop administrative and problem solving skills with a sharp knowledge of today&rsquo;s technology, preparing them for a lifetime of opportunities. For students aspiring to join Nepal&rsquo;s hospitality industry too, LA&rsquo;s Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM) is the perfect place to put your foot in the door.</div>
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							<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Mitra Bahadur Paudel" src="/userfiles/images/lc(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 185px;" />Mitra Bandhu Poudel, Principal</strong></span></div>
						<div>
							Every college is special in their own way. A business school should focus on market demand and necessity while developing the curriculum. Business Colleges helps in producing the skilled manpower demanded by the market. Quality products with healthy competitions of the colleges ultimately help in prospering the nation. Talking about Little Angels College of Management we focus on quality at affordable price. We provide professional touch in our course. We are moving very consciously towards providing the quality education to our students. About the placement part, our students are sellable in the market. LACM has no match in that case. Currently, we are looking forward to strengthen the course we already are providing to make it and deliver it better.</div>
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	<p>
		<strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Prime College&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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<div>
	Prime College is a renowned IT, Management and Science College which is committed to excellence. The college has been successful to establish itself to the educational arena of Nepal for the 12 years. Located at the heart of the city Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, the college is well recognized for offering world-class academic programmes and a growing array of intellectual programmes. Activities such as debate, public speaking, social welfare, event organizing, and inter-college sports activities helps students to grow in diversity both academically and intellectually.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The College is well known for its extraordinary faculties, distinguished research scholars and experts to help come this far with outstanding academic results and National Champion titles in various sports events, such as Wushu, Table Tennis and Basketball as well. The College focuses on employment prospects through the acquisition of subject knowledge and practical skills.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has pooled some of the best academic facilities and highly prolific faculty members. Prime offers the combination of experienced and dedicated faculties to the students such as; London based Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert Associate Professor Dr. Suresh Manandhar, Prominent IT expert of Nepal, Dr. Bhushan Shrestha, and Prof. Dr. K.D. Koirala, a prominent management and marketing expert. The college also has highly experienced and trained foreign and Nepali faculties in Hotel Management.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Courses Offered</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The College offers Plus 2 program (Management and Science streams) in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB).And Bachelors program in affiliation with Tribhuvan University (TU). Bachelors program include Bachelor of Information Management (BIM), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (B.Sc. CSIT) and Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS).</div>
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								<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Naresh Prasad Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/lc1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 186px;" />Naresh Prasad Shrestha, Principal</strong></span></div>
							<div>
								One of the specialties of our college is to work in a group. Our management is moving forward with the vision of providing quality education to the students. We are motivated to work hard with the positive involvement of student and guardians from national level. We also help our students for providing employment beyond quality education. We are giving our continuous effort in the education sector. While selecting the business schools, the students should concentrate on modern education system, skills of communication and educational levels of faculty members. They should also verify whether the college will help the students in job placement after the completion of study or not.</div>
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			'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (6 - 12 January 2014)',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes LLB Second Year Results</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Tribhuvan University (TU) has published the examination result of LLB Second year 2013. TU&rsquo;s Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published results of the examination held during April-May, 2013, on Tuesday, 31st December.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>BPKIHS Tenth Convocation Ceremony in February</strong></span></div>
<div>
	BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan is going to hold its 10th convocation ceremony on 4thFebruary 2014. The ceremony will be held on the BPKIHS premises itself. The institute has called on all it&rsquo;s passed out students of 2009/2010 batch of MD/MS programme, 2006 /2007 batch of MBBS programme for participating in the ceremony that is scheduled to start from 11 am. Along with that BSc Nursing, BSc MLT, BSc OT, MPH have been also notified to be present at the time. A notice issued by the institution has asked for submitting applications for the ceremony by January 29, 2014.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Students Padlock STA</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Students have padlocked the administration office of the Seti Technical Academy (STA), Doti for an indefinite period from Thursday, January 2. Agitating students padlocked the administrative office demanding sufficient educational resources in the institute. Students have said that they wont open the locks unless their demands are addressed by the campus administration. Classes as well as administrative work at the institute have been halted following the lockout.</div>
<div>
	The campus provides three-year diploma in engineering, ISc (Ag), ANM, Agriculture and Veterinary JTA courses. Around 400 students are studying at present in the institution.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Motor Rally to Promote Literacy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Rotary Club of Bagmati organized a motor rally on January 2 to promote literacy.The rally began from Tundikhel, Kathmandu and ended at Water Front Resort, Pokhara. Besides promoting literacy, the programme also aimed at encouraging safe driving, as the winner of the competition were decided on the basis of other factors rather than driving speed. To make the event more effective, the organizers had also designed a competition where the participants were judged on the basis of creativity they put in for decorating their cars with artworks that reflected the theme of literacy.In 2005 the Club had organized similar motor rally to promote anti-tobacco and anti-smoking awareness.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CIAA Committees to Investigate School Funds</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Three Committees have been formed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate schools in six districts that are out of operation but still receiving the government funds. The committees have been assigned to investigate schools in Sarlahi, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bara and Parsa district.</div>
<div>
	A committee led by CIAA Joint-secretary Ramkrishna Subedi is said to be studying the schools in Sarlahi and Rautahat while another led by DSP Sudarshan Koirala will inspect schools in Dhanusha and Mahottari. A three-member team led by an under-secretary at the CIAA regional office, Bidurraj Giri will be investigating Bara and Parsa districts.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
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	Don&rsquo;t call it a catfight.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	That&rsquo;s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The scholars, Leah D. Sheppard and Karl Aquino, asked 152 subjects to assess three workplace conflict scenarios involving a pair of managers. The examples were identical, save for the names of the individuals involved: Adam and Steven, Adam and Sarah, and Sarah and Anne.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Participants were asked to assess the likelihood that the two managers would be able to repair their relationship and the effect of the dispute on team and company morale. The subjects, both male and female, consistently viewed the conflict between the two women in the most negative light.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The researchers don&rsquo;t know exactly why women-on-women fights are perceived so negatively, but they have some theories.&ldquo;Conflicts between women violate our norms of what is prescribed for women,&rdquo; says Sheppard.&ldquo;We have this perception that women can be really catty and terrible to each other, but we don&rsquo;t think women should be that way. We want to see women supporting one another, because they are a marginalized group.&rdquo;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Language may play a role, with loaded terms such as &ldquo;catfight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queen Bee syndrome&rdquo; often deployed when women fight. &nbsp;&ldquo;We are hard-pressed to think of a term comparable to &lsquo;catfight&rsquo; that is regularly used to label conflict and competition between two men,&rdquo; the scholars write in&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	the study.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The bias against female-female conflict may affect hiring and promotions for women. Managers may unconsciously decide against assigning two women together if there appears to be some discord between them. Women may also be more reluctant to speak up against another female colleague if they think they may be penalized, or labeled as catty, for doing so.The scholars hope that the study will boost managers&rsquo; awareness of the bias against fights between women when dealing with workplace conflicts and assignments. Awareness may also prevent women from harping publicly about conflicts with other women. &ldquo;For me personally, I might avoid ruminating about a conflict with a coworker. It will already be more salient to people, so probably speaking about it won&rsquo;t help,&rdquo; Ms. Sheppard says.<em> (blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'Don’t call it a catfight.
That’s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.',
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			'title' => 'Studying MBA At Premium Education Institution Of The Country',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector. Tribhuvan University School of Management&rsquo;s (SOMTU) MBA programme is considered to be one of the best courses available in Nepal. The institution claims of having best teaching standards and industry-focused curriculum that produces capable and efficient professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU School of Management (SOMTU)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM TU envisages implementing the MBA programme professionally and promises to have academically qualified faculty members that have professional exposure and experience, among others. The Working Procedure Regulations 2066 BS governs the institute&rsquo;s working procedures while providing it a full autonomous status. The SOM Governing Board is the apex body that is authorized to determine all academic, administrative, and financial policy of this school.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SOM MBA Programme</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM&rsquo;s MBA programme is a full time course that focuses on developing managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of students through curricular and co-curricular activities. It specifically aims to prepare professional managers for business and non-business sectors. Along with that, the course aims to develop entrepreneurs that will be capable of evaluating risks and taking on challenges in emerging global business environment. Every SOM MBA grad will have the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary for developing scientific approach towards business, being result oriented, and being socially responsive management professionals.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The programme has 60 credit hours with components that involve course work, seminars, practicum, experiential learning, and graduate research project.The total duration of the programme is 2 years and is spread over four semesters.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Student Intake</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Madhav Raj Koirala, Director of the SOM, says, not all aspiring students manage to get into the SOM MBA programme, though they receive overwhelming number of applications in every admission session.</div>
<div>
	Student intake for the MBA programme takes place twice a year. The spring intake begins from the month of January for the February &ndash; June semester, while the fall intake begins from July for the August &ndash; December semester.SOM takes a total of 35 students of which 5 seats are reserved for corporate sponsorships and foreign students. Corporate and foreign students must secure a minimum of 60 percent in the written entrance test (SOMAT) for contending in this quota.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The applicant to the MBA programme must have a minimum of 15 years&rsquo; formal education (12 years of schooling plus three years of graduation). And with that, s/he must have secured a minimum CGPA of 2.0 or 45 percent in Bachelor&rsquo;s level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<p>
		&nbsp;</p>
</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Madhav Raj Koirala, Director, School of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 222px;" />Madhav Raj Koirala</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<strong>Director, School of Management</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The SOM MBA curriculum has a local focus with a global perspective. Comparatively, TU&rsquo;s MBA curriculum is not much different from others. The difference is the means and mode of delivering the course. Teaching faculties, teaching techniques, field exposures are the things that can differentiate TU&rsquo;s MBA from others. The SOMTU has a host of experienced and seasoned faculty members that includes professors and associate professors with doctorate degrees, long experience in teaching, research and consulting, along with other professionals that have tremendous experience in their respective field.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	We provide two special courses to our students: Practicum Course and Seminar Course. These courses aim to provide specific skills and knowledge to the students that other general MBA courses do not provide.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Our students have greater exposure to industry where they inculcate essential skills to tackle real time issues. This exposure is coupled with research, seminars and experiential learning. These components enable them to be leaders in their professions.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector.',
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			'title' => 'Leading Business Schools For Management Studies',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;">Among the number of business colleges, King&rsquo;s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>King&rsquo;s College</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="King's College" src="/userfiles/images/lc1%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 65px;" />Kings College was established in 2003 as an A level institution. The college later developed into an institution of higher learning in 2009. Kings College aims to provide world-class education to Nepali youth here in Nepal that too at an affordable cost. With a team of committed educators, academicians and professionals at the helm, the college has undergone a complete transformation in terms of structure and quality as well as systems and processes.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in affiliation with the International American University (IAU), USA. The college offers a modern western education in Nepal with international brand and quality assurance. Adopting a holistic approach, the college pledges to promote and propagate value-based higher education that blends the best of the East and the West in concepts, applications and life purpose. King&rsquo;s focuses on producing and developing business leaders and entrepreneurial cadres who are ready to solve societal problems through entrepreneurship. General and Entrepreneurship focused MBA degrees are on offer.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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			<td bgcolor="#E5E4E2">
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					<img alt="Dr Som P Pudasaini, Executive Chairman" src="/userfiles/images/lc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 247px;" />
					<div>
						<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Som P Pudasaini,</strong> Executive Chairman</span></div>
					<div>
						&nbsp;</div>
					<div>
						A business school should be chosen on the basis of three points. First is the quality of education - whether it can assure jobs in Nepal or anywhere else in the world. Second is whether such education comes at a reasonable cost. Most of all, students should choose a college where they think they can be happy, learn in class, play and learn a number of extracurricular activities. King&rsquo;s College has been training its graduates to be capable of working in the real world. Most of the curriculum we are using is international so that our students can be employed outside of Nepal too. King&rsquo;s college tries to help students to be entrepreneurs and managers who can take innovative decisions and at the same time be capable of taking judicious risks.&nbsp;</div>
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					&nbsp;</div>
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<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<div>
		<em>(Kings College has been ranked\awarded the 5th Best Business Schools in Nepal and Best Emerging Business School by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>ACE Institute of Management</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="ACE Institute of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 59px;" />Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning center where students at different levels prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. In its 12-year history, since its inception in 1999, it has established itself as a leading institution that is living its vision of enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nation&rsquo;s development.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Ace institute launched the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment itself. Its MBA program has acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. In the undergraduate school, the BBA program is now considered to be one of the best in the country and the graduates of the institute have not only proven to excel in higher academic paths, but are also widely sought in the job market. Similarly, the Ace Higher Secondary School is well-known for its individual centered learning approach. The Centre for Institution and People Development (CIPD), the consulting division of Ace Institute of Management, is another example of the institute&rsquo;s effort in enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal. The launch of Ace A-Level and BBA-Banking and Insurance programs in 2008 is an additional milestone in its continuous endeavor to serve and facilitate learning.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
</div>
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					<img alt="Aashish Tiwari, Director" src="/userfiles/images/lc4%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 244px;" />
					<div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Aashish Tiwari,</strong> Director</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Students should make their decision of choosing a college based on infrastructures, the college&rsquo;s emphasis on practical knowledge and its recognition in the market. These three things are crucial for any college to attract students.</div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							At Ace, we lay a very strong foundation for the overall development of students. It is not only the intellectual development of the students or the grades that matter. Ace nurtures every student&rsquo;s potential and brings out the best in them. We try to focus on the weaknesses of our students and help them overcome them. Secondly, we treat our students with respect and believe that learning is a lifelong process. We want our students to not just focus on academics, but also experience the real world.</div>
					</div>
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<div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<em>(Ace Institute of Management has been ranked\awarded the 3rd Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
</div>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>',
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			'title' => 'New Game Theory Research: Does Evolution Favour Jerks?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	So you believe in winning at all costs, even screwing fellow colleagues to get ahead in life? Well you may be in a bit of shock. An article in Popsi.com says although the selfish can survive for a while, but according to new game theory research, long-term survival requires cooperation.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The website quotes a study published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences that presented a new breakthrough strategy for the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma, a classic game theory situation that presents two prisoners with the opportunity to either cooperate or betray each other in exchange for lesser sentences, widely studied as a model for economics, psychology and evolutionary biology.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to the article, using a strategy called zero-determinant, or ZD (meaning that in the mathematical model, the value called the determinant is set to zero), the paper argued that selfish players could be guaranteed to beat cooperative players, enforcing &quot;a unilateral claim to an unfair share of rewards.&quot; Since the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma is used to explain biological phenomena, it raised the question: Does evolution favor jerks?</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The article says that Michigan State University microbiology and molecular genetics professor Christoph Adami and his research associate Arend Hintze immediately had doubts about whether ZD strategies could prove that evolution favors the selfish over the cooperative.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a paper published on August 9 in Nature Communications, they argue that according to their simulations, ZD strategies aren&#39;t evolutionarily stable, and that eventually, selfish players would have to become cooperative to survive. &quot;We found evolution will punish you if you&#39;re selfish and mean,&quot; Adami said in a press statement.</div>
<div>
	<em>(The Economic Times)</em></div>',
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			'title' => 'Is Your Office Making You Unproductive?',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Global design firm Gensler found that companies&rsquo; attempts to provide space for staff to collaborate&ndash; &nbsp;often via open-plan layouts or low cubicles&ndash;have compromised workers&rsquo; ability to concentrate. The study, which surveyed &nbsp;2,035 employees at a variety of firms, found that the most effective workplaces include both quiet spaces and collaborative areas, and give employees a choice of where they&rsquo;d like to work at any given time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In one surprising finding, workers are spending more time in focus work, such as reading email or writing code, than in previous years, despite office layouts that seem more conducive to group work. The researchers say that that poorer focus may mean it takes longer to complete thought-intensive tasks.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Yet Gensler won&rsquo;t go so far as to say open-plan offices hinder workers&rsquo; prospects for getting work done&mdash;though plenty of employees say exactly that. (For one, companies love them because they usually consume less real estate than traditional cubicle farms.)</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of course, even the workers lucky enough to have offices must struggle with digital distractions, says Diane Hoskins, an executive director of Gensler. Only 54% of those with private offices reported that their space is ideal for focusing effectively, while 38% of those in private offices reported that their concentration was often disturbed by others, the study found.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The study bolstered the &ldquo;activity-based work&rdquo; movement, which holds that employees should choose different types of work environments &ndash; desks, caf&eacute;-like settings, meeting rooms &mdash; based on the type of tasks they are doing. &nbsp;At companies that give workers a choice of where to work, along with the tools for working remotely, employees were 12% more satisfied with their jobs than those at companies without remote-work options.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Still, even employees given the choice to work where they liked tended to spend the bulk of their time&mdash;some 70%&ndash;in the office. <em>(http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.

In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual&rsquo;s decision making ability.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal moved ahead for privatization from 1991 which resulted in an increase in economic activities in the country too. A number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial institutions were started with that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. The need for proper and effective management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. Soon, there was a high demand for people with proper management skills. MBA produced&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	that manpower.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The MBA programme was introduced in Nepal by Kathmandu University (KU) in 1993. Since then, the programme has supplied skilled manpower in the industrial and financial sectors. MBA has been the most demanded course among all the graduate programmes in the country. The demand for MBA graduates is high in the global market too due to the development witnessed in the financial and industrial sectors around the world. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With that, students&rsquo; attraction towards the course is also increasing every day. As a result, three other universities in Nepal namely Tribhuvan University, Purvanchal University, and Pokhara University have started teaching the MBA course over the past two decades. The degree has been very popular among students so far. &nbsp;Some colleges are also taking affiliations from foreign universities to run the programme.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With MBA gaining popularity among students and mid-career professionals, most organisations have made MBA degree almost compulsory to enter professional fields. Today an MBA graduate finds more opportunities that MBS, MA, or MED graduates. Education experts say MBA course helps one to become economically independent too. Likewise, it also helps in proper management of one&rsquo;s own lifestyle.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Opportunities</strong></span></div>
<div>
	MBA graduates are mostly found employed in the business sector. They are also found working in industries and non-profit institutions. They are also working as consultants for various organisations or as entrepreneurs themselves. Similarly, they can also work in the fields of accounting, advertising or business management too. Likewise, MBA graduates are also the first choice for positions like Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Communication Manager, Chief Information Manager, Finance Officer, and Loan Analyst. MBA graduates are sought after in the tourism and agriculture sectors in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	MBA graduates get jobs easily and faster than other degree holders. They make more money as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>EMBA&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Executive Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (EMBA) course is designed for professionals who are already working in the business fields. This course aims to increase and sharpen their professional skills. While, the MBA course is for the regular students, EMBA is for working professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	One should have at least a bachelors&rsquo; degree and a minimum work experience (at least at an officer level), of a year with a government or non-government organisation to be eligible to pursue the EMBA course. EMBA course is in demand among people from the corporate sector.</div>',
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			'title' => 'KUSOM Annual Festival 2013 Concludes',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The two days KUSOM Annual Festival (KAF) 2013, sponsored by Springwood, concluded on 7th December (Saturday). The first day of the festival was themed as &ldquo;We Care&rdquo;, which was organized at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) premises.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The day was devoted to contributing for society through different socially responsible initiatives carried out by the students such as blood donation camps, free health camps and donation programs including free ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) checkups, visual screening and dental camps. Along with that, clothes, books and stationary items were donated to around 20 students from SPARKS Children Home and from Patan CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation Center).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile, the 2nd day of the festival was named &ldquo;Mana-Fest&rdquo; (short for management festival). The programme consisted of 15 different inter college competitions across the Kathmandu Valley. Among the different contests, Springwood&rsquo;s &ldquo;SNAP, SHARE, WIN&rdquo; held all day. The attraction of the programme was &lsquo;Eccentric Trendsetters Fashion Show&rsquo; and Rangoli competition on the theme of &lsquo;Celebration&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Islington College bagged the Best College Award by winning most number of competitions and students from BBA 3rd year of KUSOM won the Best Class of KUSOM Award by winning the most number of competitions among KUSOMites (KUSOM students).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, the inter college fest also saw a special performance from The Tito Satya team.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Increasing demand for human resources with entrepreneurial and managerial skills has fostered management studies. There are large numbers of colleges throughout the country, which provide management courses. Here are two colleges in Kathmandu that are renowned for producing some of the best business and management graduates around.&nbsp;</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="WhiteHouse GSM" src="/userfiles/images/wgsm.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 199px;" />WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management (WhiteHouse GSM) was established in 2001 with the motto, &ldquo;Think Now. Think Smart. Think Ahead.&rdquo;The college has been envisioned as a center to provide excellent management education and research opportunities. Its specially tailored courses inculcate professional skills and capabilities in the students and engrain in them entrepreneurial and business leadership qualities.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Courses provided by the college are student-centered and include ample of research opportunities that help in expanding the frontiers of student&rsquo;s knowledge about business. Its courses are responsive to demands of national and international economy and it imbibes in it strategies for providing students better understanding of globalization, sustainability, ethical entrepreneurship and innovative approaches in business management.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Under the corporate umbrella of WhiteHouse Education Network, WhiteHouse GSM offers four-year Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor in Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences (BLAS) programmes at the undergraduate level.In addition, it also offers two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs at the postgraduate level.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college imparts education through the use of advanced and student-friendly teaching-learning methodologies like group interactive lectures, discussions, seminars, case studies, project work, industrial visits, presentations along with internship opportunities in reputed corporations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the city, Mid-Baneshwor, WhiteHouse GSM is an applied management school for individuals who aspire to build enterprises on their own. At the same time, its professional programmes aim to produce managers who can handle government and private organizations efficiently.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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											<img alt="Sambhu K Dahal" src="/userfiles/images/sd(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 248px;" /><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sambhu K. Dahal</strong></span></div>
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											<span style="font-size:14px;">Programme Director, WhiteHouse GSM</span></div>
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											&nbsp;</div>
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											Guru mantra of management is knowledge, skill and attitude. Knowledge can be obtained in any schools or institutions. Main thing that our college does is to enable students with capacity to transform knowledge into skill.&nbsp;</div>
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											The basic objective of our college is providing knowledge and converting that knowledge into skill and to improve the attitude of the student. We have some of the best faculty members and have the best physical infrastructure for providing standard education. Job placements are an important aspect of professional education courses. So far, our graduates have secured best positions in leading business organizations. Our College not only gives education but also helps them to be good entrepreneurs.</div>
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		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Thames International College</strong></span></div>
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		<img alt="Thames International College" src="/userfiles/images/tic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 238px;" />Thames International College started its journey of serving Nepali youth in collegiate studies a decade ago.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
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		The college extends realistic assistance to young and aspiring adults in choosing academic course that meets their career ambition. It provides atmosphere where learning is not a forced compulsion but a creatively involving activity.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college concentrates on developing overall personality of its students instead of solely focusing on excelling in examinations. It believes that knowledge lies also beyond text books.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Thames assists its students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and provides opportunity to sharpen their own talents to overcome weaknesses. And all these services are provided through utmost professionalism. Thames concentrates on making the students realize the high competition in the outside world and how a strong academic back-up can assist them to excel in the competition.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college offers Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Information Management (BIM) and Bachelors&rsquo; in Rural Development and Social Work.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
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		Located in the heart of the Kathmandu city, Old Baneshwor, the campus embodies a lifestyle appropriate for students where options for accommodation, transportation, shopping and entertainment are available as required by the students.</div>
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							<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Rajendra Man Sherchan&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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							<span style="font-size:14px;">Chairman</span></div>
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							<span style="font-size:14px;">Thames International College</span></div>
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							Thames International College is dedicated to students&rsquo; education. It works for the welfare of the students. It not only focuses on imparting theoretical education but also equally focuses on providing practical education. We emphasize on workshops, seminars, field visits and personal interaction with the real world to provide ample exposure to students. Beside providing guidance on book-based knowledge, our teaching approaches assist the students in being highly competitive graduates that can sell their skills in the market. Placement of our graduates is good.</div>
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	<em>(Both Colleges have been awarded the 6th Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 presented by New Business Age.)</em></p>',
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	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
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	Choosing &lsquo;Where you study&rsquo; is as important as &lsquo;What you study&rsquo;. Selecting the right college is an important decision to make as it decides the rest of your personal and professional life. An individual has to make this decision here are some aspects to be consideredwhile selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
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	Firstly don&rsquo;t rush to get admitted in a particular college. Inquire and research to know enough about the options available and try to acquire more information from them so that you have sufficient resources to analyse and reach a conclusive decision.&nbsp;</div>
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	If any of your prospective colleges don&rsquo;t provide sufficient information, try to do online research by visiting their websites, asking about the college on social media channels and if possible try to enquire with students who are studying or have studied in that college. Gather required information through any means available.&nbsp;</div>
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	Once you have gathered information about prospective colleges and identified your educational needs, start the decision making process by eliminating college that do not meet your expectation. Eliminating such colleges, help focus on remaining colleges that mostly meet your needs and expectations.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Your checklist, while digging out information for a prospective college, should consider factors likedegrees offered by the college, infrastructures and resources of the college (labs, libraries etc.), fee structure and costs, co-curricular activities, reputation and ranking of the college in the industry, associated faculty members, among others.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Find out courses offered by a college along with the relevancy of those courses to your career plan. Colleges offer many courses, but knowing your requirements can easily help you in eliminating or selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Infrastructure facilities like labs, classrooms, libraries, canteen and playgrounds are important factors that contribute in creating a conducive environment for academic studies. Thus, look out for infrastructural facilities that a college has and whether they cater to your personal needs.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Check out fee structure and total costs of a course that you have selected to study and cross compare it with the fee structure of other colleges, who provide same course.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Co-curricular activities play an important role in developing team spirit in individuals. Check out how and what type of co-curricular activities does a college conducts. Comparing these activities with other prospective colleges will provide another metric to select or deselect a college.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Reputation of a college in the industry is an important factor for professional career. Always try to be part of a renowned college that has earned reputation for grooming best industry professionals and a college that is managed by reputed academicians and professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, availability of faculty members, their qualification and reputation is another important factor that is directly related to the learning activity. In fact this is considered as one of the most important aspect while choosing acollege. Run a background check to verify that the faculty members listed on a college&rsquo;s brochure do really teach there. Full time faculty provide attention to students need in comparison to part time faculties.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Likewise, check availability of scholarships schemes and if you can qualify for any of them.</div>
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	Lastly, don&rsquo;t get carried away with advertisements and hypes. Evaluate the college on the basis of the metrics listed above before buying the claims of any college&rsquo;s advertisement and pinning down a college to pursue your higher studies.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Australian Scholarships to 39 Nepalis</strong></span></div>
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	Thirty-nine Nepali students havereceived Australia Awards Scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia in 2014. Education Secretary Narayan Gopal Malego and Australia&rsquo;s Ambassador to Nepal, Glenn White, on 3rd December, presented the Awards to the students amid a function organised by the Australian Embassy in Kathmandu. Of those awarded, 16 are women and 19 are government employees.&nbsp;</div>
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	The students will be pursuing studies in areas of Australia&rsquo;s priority sectors in Nepal, which include health, education, governance, livelihoods, water and sanitation and forestry. A press statement released by the Australian embassy stated that the Australian scholarships aim to contribute to the long-term objectives of developing countries to promote growth and stability. The scholarships equip recipients with the skills and knowledge to drive change and contribute to the economic and social development of their own countries, the statement further added.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bharatpur Medical College Honoured</strong></span></div>
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	The College of Medical Sciences (Bharatpur Medical College) has received a SAARC level honour for outstanding surgical services. The college was felicitated amid a programme on Sunday, December 1st amid a programme held within the hospital premises. Hospital Director &nbsp;Natraj Prasad said that a group, including personnel from the SAARC Surgical Care Society,had inspected the hospital activities last year.Bharatpur Medical College is the first among 20 government hospitals in the country, to receive such a award.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>St Xavier&rsquo;s College Celebrates 25th Anniversary</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="St Xavier’s College" src="/userfiles/images/sx.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 119px;" />St Xavier&rsquo;s College, Maitighar celebrated 25th anniversary on Tuesday, 3rd December. The college organised a special programme to mark the occasion and felicitated 18 teachers and staff membersfor their services.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, it also felicitated students who have excelled in various faculties and contributed to the nation. Vice President Parmanand Jha lauded the college&rsquo;s contribution to the nation and said, &ldquo;The dedication of Fathers and teachers toward their job and the students&rsquo; hard work have ensured the college a good reputation at both national and international levels.&rdquo;</div>
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	He opined that teachers at school and higher education level must be dedicated toward their job for Nepal&rsquo;s progress in education sector.</div>
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<div>
	Father Augustine Thomas SJ, Principal of the college, informed that the college is working for upgrading as a university.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University Published 1 Year B.Ed Results</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Tribhuvan University" src="/userfiles/images/tu(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 90px;" />Tribhuvan University Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published the results of one year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) examination on Wednesday, 5th December. Total of 2,555 students passed the examination out of 8,087 (31.59%). The examination of one year B.Ed was held on Magha 2068.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Gopal Sangroula</strong></div>
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	The School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP), which aimed to reform the school education system, is trailing out without making any significant progress. The five-year ambitious project aimed at reforming curriculum, management and examination system in order to bring about structural changes in the education system. &nbsp;Fifteen donor agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UNDP and USAID have been supporting the SSRP.&nbsp;</div>
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	SSRP has been the next big thing in Nepal&rsquo;s education reformation since the new education system was introduced in 1971. Launched in September, 2009 the project aimed to fulfil the state&rsquo;s objective of ensuring &lsquo;Education for All&rsquo; but fell short. Of other factors behind its failure, failure of the government to get the SSRP bill endorsed through parliament has been pointed by some as the major one.&nbsp;</div>
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	Ministry officials, however, are pushing to buy another two years for this Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget programme, according to Mahashram Sharma, spokesperson for the education ministry.&nbsp;</div>
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	The project aimed at improving the status of public schools along with the general education status of the nation. However, most of the plan has only been limited to paper. Educationist Bidhan Koirala points lack of realisation and recognition by the government, policy makers and political leaders about the outcome of SSRP as the major factor behind its failure.&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;If it was a politically originated document, it would have been endorsed. But as it&rsquo;s an academically originated document, the political leaders have taken it in their own way. Though efforts are being made to endorse the bill through parliament, political leaders are not giving it the importance that it deserves,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
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	While the donor agencies contribute 22 per cent of the total Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget, the government has been contributing the remaining78 per cent. If the Ministry succeeds in buying two years time for the plan, it will require an additional Rs 117 billion for implementing the remaining projects. While informing that necessary documentation in this regard has been presented to the donor agencies, Sharma said that the ministry is planning to table the bill at the parliament at the earliest.&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile donors are requesting to increase the budget of the education sector to 20 per cent of the total budget. Though this year the education sector received the largest pie of the budget, donor agencies have pointed out that this is due to the salary of staff.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If SSRP gets another lease of life, it aims to amend the current education Act. In other changes, the current four-tier education system (i.e. primary, lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary levels) will be brought down to two: &nbsp;class 1-8 would be made basic level and 9-12 secondary level.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Meanwhile, former president of Nepal Teachers&rsquo; Association, Mohan Gyawali says SSRP should not be implemented till the demands of teachers are fulfilled. He says that the government is trying to move out of its educational responsibility by handing over the school management to community.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The education ministry has declared Rasuwa, Kapilvastu and Dadeldhura as model districts for SSRP programme. However, the progress reports of these districts are yet to come out. &nbsp;The ministry had earlier committed to achieve the millennium development goal by 2015. Decreasing the dropout rates and bringing to the schools those children who are out of schools were some of the programmes under SSRP.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>',
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<div>
	Udhyami Bhetghat, signature event of Udhyami Impact Fund (UIF) conducted Udhyami Bhetghat-Education this month on 12th of February. The programme was held at Wunjala Moskva Restaurant, Naxal which was focused on the education sector of Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
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	The event was catered to individuals and companies in the Education sector where various entrepreneurs, investors, experts and interested people in the sector were present to expand their network and explore ways to collaborate.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Dr Bidhya Nath Koirala, Professor &amp; Head of the Department of Central Department of Education, Shanta Dixit, Founder and Director, Rato Bangala School, Jyoti Tandukar CEO of Alternative Technology and Kailash Badu, Co-founder of Teacher Access were the experts and featured guests of the programme. They shared their insights on the existing education industry of Nepal and challenges in the current system in the programme.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The participants were from diverse education sector value chain such as curriculum developers, content writers, commercial schools and colleges, non-profit organizations focused on education to marginalized populations, trainers, workshop/seminar companies, IT education companies and many more.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The main sponsor of the event was Biruwa Ventures Pvt Limited and the supporting sponsors were Thames International College and Kings College.</div>
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<div>
	Udhyami Bhetghat is held every month. The previous editions of the event were focused on agriculture and tourism sectors. It is a series of sector-focused networking event that hopes to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal by giving entrepreneurs a platform to network, share and learn.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Udhyami Bhetghat, signature event of Udhyami Impact Fund (UIF) conducted Udhyami Bhetghat-Education this month on 12th of February. The programme was held at Wunjala Moskva Restaurant, Naxal which was focused on the education sector of Nepal.',
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			'title' => 'K And K: Offering Academic Excellence',
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	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
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								<strong>Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet</strong></div>
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	K and K is the abbreviation derived from the name of the two colleges, which have earned their distinct names in two different educational sectors: Kantipur College of Business, Management and Humanities Studies (KCBMHS) and Knowledge and Wisdom Academy (KWA). Renowned academicians established KCBMHS in 1998 with a mission to create quality Nepali management professionals. While KWA was established in 2001 by equally renowned academicians to cater to the growing demand from parents and students for world class quality higher education.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	K and K International College is an outcome of these two merged institutions. It was formally established in the year 2004 A.D and named K and K to represent both of the institution individually. However, the college has established its name distinctly in the field of education within a span of three years.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Located at the heart of the Kathmandu, New Baneshwor, the college commits to meet up to the level or standard of these two colleges, which have established their name in management education.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	K and K offers HSEB affiliated +2 level courses, Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Social Work (BSW), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Arts (BA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBS), and Master&rsquo;s programme in Rural Development with affiliation from Tribhuvan University (TU). Recently the college has introduced new programme: Master&rsquo;s in Gender Studies too.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Among these entire range of programme, K and K is the pioneer in BSW programme. The college adopted the programme in 2005, the very year TU introduced the course, and since then has been able to foster BSW graduates with best results and the ability to commit themselves social work field. The college is proud for its contribution in institutionalizing BSW course in Nepal and for establishing itself as one of the most vied upon institutions to study the course.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Besides courses prescribed by the University, the college provides needful computer courses to the students of all faculties. With that, students are also provided with the various extracurricular activities like workshops, seminars, educational tours, quiz contests and sports.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The college is spread over six ropanies of land with sufficient ground for sports, spacious library well-stocked with sufficient reference materials, hygenic and well maintained canteen, comfortable seminar hall, and class rooms with the best environment for academic excellence.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	&ldquo;We have always moved ahead by stepping on norms and ethics of social works&rdquo;, principal of college Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet said. &ldquo;We have provided top results in BSW till date,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that this year&rsquo;s gold medallist too is from K and K. Basnet shares that the K and K graduates have reached to higher level posts in big governmental and non-governmental organisations. &ldquo;Our programs are specially tailored to teach students for being responsible towards society and ensure that they posses skills that cater to market needs,&rdquo; he shares.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The success of the college lies in its strong, diverse and qualified faculty members, its students and its energetic management team. &ldquo;There is only one thing that we are concerned about: Quality Education,&rdquo; says Basnet.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Little Angel&rsquo;s College of Management (LACM) and Prime College are two top Business colleges in the town, which are giving their best for the aspiring management students to help them become top leaders and managers of the future. LACM with affiliation with Kathmandu University is in the education sector since1999 while Prime is recognized for providing top management education since 2002.</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Little Angels College of Management</strong></span></div>
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	Little Angels College of Management (LACM) was established in 1999 with the objective to fulfil the void that would lead Nepal towards a path of development.&nbsp;</div>
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	The college aims to provide the country with young people who are armed with a certain set of managerial skills, to give work and production the direction, it requires for efficiency and excellence. It offers a team of experienced and dedicated teachers supporting the students at every stage of their journey.&nbsp;</div>
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	For students who choose a career in the fast paced and constantly changing environment of the business and technological world, Little Angels&rsquo; College of Management reproduces real world challenges as best as it can in the classroom.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The College Offers the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and the Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS): both 120 credit, 4-year courses and Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) with the affiliation of highly reputed Kathmandu University. During the course, students will develop administrative and problem solving skills with a sharp knowledge of today&rsquo;s technology, preparing them for a lifetime of opportunities. For students aspiring to join Nepal&rsquo;s hospitality industry too, LA&rsquo;s Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM) is the perfect place to put your foot in the door.</div>
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							<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Mitra Bahadur Paudel" src="/userfiles/images/lc(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 185px;" />Mitra Bandhu Poudel, Principal</strong></span></div>
						<div>
							Every college is special in their own way. A business school should focus on market demand and necessity while developing the curriculum. Business Colleges helps in producing the skilled manpower demanded by the market. Quality products with healthy competitions of the colleges ultimately help in prospering the nation. Talking about Little Angels College of Management we focus on quality at affordable price. We provide professional touch in our course. We are moving very consciously towards providing the quality education to our students. About the placement part, our students are sellable in the market. LACM has no match in that case. Currently, we are looking forward to strengthen the course we already are providing to make it and deliver it better.</div>
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		<strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Prime College&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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<div>
	Prime College is a renowned IT, Management and Science College which is committed to excellence. The college has been successful to establish itself to the educational arena of Nepal for the 12 years. Located at the heart of the city Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, the college is well recognized for offering world-class academic programmes and a growing array of intellectual programmes. Activities such as debate, public speaking, social welfare, event organizing, and inter-college sports activities helps students to grow in diversity both academically and intellectually.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The College is well known for its extraordinary faculties, distinguished research scholars and experts to help come this far with outstanding academic results and National Champion titles in various sports events, such as Wushu, Table Tennis and Basketball as well. The College focuses on employment prospects through the acquisition of subject knowledge and practical skills.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has pooled some of the best academic facilities and highly prolific faculty members. Prime offers the combination of experienced and dedicated faculties to the students such as; London based Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert Associate Professor Dr. Suresh Manandhar, Prominent IT expert of Nepal, Dr. Bhushan Shrestha, and Prof. Dr. K.D. Koirala, a prominent management and marketing expert. The college also has highly experienced and trained foreign and Nepali faculties in Hotel Management.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Courses Offered</strong></span></div>
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	The College offers Plus 2 program (Management and Science streams) in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB).And Bachelors program in affiliation with Tribhuvan University (TU). Bachelors program include Bachelor of Information Management (BIM), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (B.Sc. CSIT) and Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS).</div>
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								<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Naresh Prasad Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/lc1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 186px;" />Naresh Prasad Shrestha, Principal</strong></span></div>
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								One of the specialties of our college is to work in a group. Our management is moving forward with the vision of providing quality education to the students. We are motivated to work hard with the positive involvement of student and guardians from national level. We also help our students for providing employment beyond quality education. We are giving our continuous effort in the education sector. While selecting the business schools, the students should concentrate on modern education system, skills of communication and educational levels of faculty members. They should also verify whether the college will help the students in job placement after the completion of study or not.</div>
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	&nbsp;</p>',
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			'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (6 - 12 January 2014)',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes LLB Second Year Results</strong></span></div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has published the examination result of LLB Second year 2013. TU&rsquo;s Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published results of the examination held during April-May, 2013, on Tuesday, 31st December.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>BPKIHS Tenth Convocation Ceremony in February</strong></span></div>
<div>
	BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan is going to hold its 10th convocation ceremony on 4thFebruary 2014. The ceremony will be held on the BPKIHS premises itself. The institute has called on all it&rsquo;s passed out students of 2009/2010 batch of MD/MS programme, 2006 /2007 batch of MBBS programme for participating in the ceremony that is scheduled to start from 11 am. Along with that BSc Nursing, BSc MLT, BSc OT, MPH have been also notified to be present at the time. A notice issued by the institution has asked for submitting applications for the ceremony by January 29, 2014.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Students Padlock STA</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Students have padlocked the administration office of the Seti Technical Academy (STA), Doti for an indefinite period from Thursday, January 2. Agitating students padlocked the administrative office demanding sufficient educational resources in the institute. Students have said that they wont open the locks unless their demands are addressed by the campus administration. Classes as well as administrative work at the institute have been halted following the lockout.</div>
<div>
	The campus provides three-year diploma in engineering, ISc (Ag), ANM, Agriculture and Veterinary JTA courses. Around 400 students are studying at present in the institution.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Motor Rally to Promote Literacy</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Rotary Club of Bagmati organized a motor rally on January 2 to promote literacy.The rally began from Tundikhel, Kathmandu and ended at Water Front Resort, Pokhara. Besides promoting literacy, the programme also aimed at encouraging safe driving, as the winner of the competition were decided on the basis of other factors rather than driving speed. To make the event more effective, the organizers had also designed a competition where the participants were judged on the basis of creativity they put in for decorating their cars with artworks that reflected the theme of literacy.In 2005 the Club had organized similar motor rally to promote anti-tobacco and anti-smoking awareness.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CIAA Committees to Investigate School Funds</strong></span></div>
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	Three Committees have been formed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate schools in six districts that are out of operation but still receiving the government funds. The committees have been assigned to investigate schools in Sarlahi, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bara and Parsa district.</div>
<div>
	A committee led by CIAA Joint-secretary Ramkrishna Subedi is said to be studying the schools in Sarlahi and Rautahat while another led by DSP Sudarshan Koirala will inspect schools in Dhanusha and Mahottari. A three-member team led by an under-secretary at the CIAA regional office, Bidurraj Giri will be investigating Bara and Parsa districts.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
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	Don&rsquo;t call it a catfight.</div>
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	That&rsquo;s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The scholars, Leah D. Sheppard and Karl Aquino, asked 152 subjects to assess three workplace conflict scenarios involving a pair of managers. The examples were identical, save for the names of the individuals involved: Adam and Steven, Adam and Sarah, and Sarah and Anne.</div>
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	Participants were asked to assess the likelihood that the two managers would be able to repair their relationship and the effect of the dispute on team and company morale. The subjects, both male and female, consistently viewed the conflict between the two women in the most negative light.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The researchers don&rsquo;t know exactly why women-on-women fights are perceived so negatively, but they have some theories.&ldquo;Conflicts between women violate our norms of what is prescribed for women,&rdquo; says Sheppard.&ldquo;We have this perception that women can be really catty and terrible to each other, but we don&rsquo;t think women should be that way. We want to see women supporting one another, because they are a marginalized group.&rdquo;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Language may play a role, with loaded terms such as &ldquo;catfight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queen Bee syndrome&rdquo; often deployed when women fight. &nbsp;&ldquo;We are hard-pressed to think of a term comparable to &lsquo;catfight&rsquo; that is regularly used to label conflict and competition between two men,&rdquo; the scholars write in&nbsp;</div>
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	the study.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The bias against female-female conflict may affect hiring and promotions for women. Managers may unconsciously decide against assigning two women together if there appears to be some discord between them. Women may also be more reluctant to speak up against another female colleague if they think they may be penalized, or labeled as catty, for doing so.The scholars hope that the study will boost managers&rsquo; awareness of the bias against fights between women when dealing with workplace conflicts and assignments. Awareness may also prevent women from harping publicly about conflicts with other women. &ldquo;For me personally, I might avoid ruminating about a conflict with a coworker. It will already be more salient to people, so probably speaking about it won&rsquo;t help,&rdquo; Ms. Sheppard says.<em> (blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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That’s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.',
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	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector. Tribhuvan University School of Management&rsquo;s (SOMTU) MBA programme is considered to be one of the best courses available in Nepal. The institution claims of having best teaching standards and industry-focused curriculum that produces capable and efficient professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU School of Management (SOMTU)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM TU envisages implementing the MBA programme professionally and promises to have academically qualified faculty members that have professional exposure and experience, among others. The Working Procedure Regulations 2066 BS governs the institute&rsquo;s working procedures while providing it a full autonomous status. The SOM Governing Board is the apex body that is authorized to determine all academic, administrative, and financial policy of this school.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SOM MBA Programme</strong></span></div>
<div>
	SOM&rsquo;s MBA programme is a full time course that focuses on developing managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of students through curricular and co-curricular activities. It specifically aims to prepare professional managers for business and non-business sectors. Along with that, the course aims to develop entrepreneurs that will be capable of evaluating risks and taking on challenges in emerging global business environment. Every SOM MBA grad will have the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary for developing scientific approach towards business, being result oriented, and being socially responsive management professionals.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The programme has 60 credit hours with components that involve course work, seminars, practicum, experiential learning, and graduate research project.The total duration of the programme is 2 years and is spread over four semesters.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Student Intake</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Madhav Raj Koirala, Director of the SOM, says, not all aspiring students manage to get into the SOM MBA programme, though they receive overwhelming number of applications in every admission session.</div>
<div>
	Student intake for the MBA programme takes place twice a year. The spring intake begins from the month of January for the February &ndash; June semester, while the fall intake begins from July for the August &ndash; December semester.SOM takes a total of 35 students of which 5 seats are reserved for corporate sponsorships and foreign students. Corporate and foreign students must secure a minimum of 60 percent in the written entrance test (SOMAT) for contending in this quota.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The applicant to the MBA programme must have a minimum of 15 years&rsquo; formal education (12 years of schooling plus three years of graduation). And with that, s/he must have secured a minimum CGPA of 2.0 or 45 percent in Bachelor&rsquo;s level.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
	<p>
		&nbsp;</p>
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<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Madhav Raj Koirala, Director, School of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 222px;" />Madhav Raj Koirala</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<strong>Director, School of Management</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The SOM MBA curriculum has a local focus with a global perspective. Comparatively, TU&rsquo;s MBA curriculum is not much different from others. The difference is the means and mode of delivering the course. Teaching faculties, teaching techniques, field exposures are the things that can differentiate TU&rsquo;s MBA from others. The SOMTU has a host of experienced and seasoned faculty members that includes professors and associate professors with doctorate degrees, long experience in teaching, research and consulting, along with other professionals that have tremendous experience in their respective field.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	We provide two special courses to our students: Practicum Course and Seminar Course. These courses aim to provide specific skills and knowledge to the students that other general MBA courses do not provide.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Our students have greater exposure to industry where they inculcate essential skills to tackle real time issues. This exposure is coupled with research, seminars and experiential learning. These components enable them to be leaders in their professions.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector.',
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			'title' => 'Leading Business Schools For Management Studies',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;">Among the number of business colleges, King&rsquo;s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>King&rsquo;s College</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="King's College" src="/userfiles/images/lc1%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 65px;" />Kings College was established in 2003 as an A level institution. The college later developed into an institution of higher learning in 2009. Kings College aims to provide world-class education to Nepali youth here in Nepal that too at an affordable cost. With a team of committed educators, academicians and professionals at the helm, the college has undergone a complete transformation in terms of structure and quality as well as systems and processes.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in affiliation with the International American University (IAU), USA. The college offers a modern western education in Nepal with international brand and quality assurance. Adopting a holistic approach, the college pledges to promote and propagate value-based higher education that blends the best of the East and the West in concepts, applications and life purpose. King&rsquo;s focuses on producing and developing business leaders and entrepreneurial cadres who are ready to solve societal problems through entrepreneurship. General and Entrepreneurship focused MBA degrees are on offer.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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					<img alt="Dr Som P Pudasaini, Executive Chairman" src="/userfiles/images/lc2%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 247px;" />
					<div>
						<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Som P Pudasaini,</strong> Executive Chairman</span></div>
					<div>
						&nbsp;</div>
					<div>
						A business school should be chosen on the basis of three points. First is the quality of education - whether it can assure jobs in Nepal or anywhere else in the world. Second is whether such education comes at a reasonable cost. Most of all, students should choose a college where they think they can be happy, learn in class, play and learn a number of extracurricular activities. King&rsquo;s College has been training its graduates to be capable of working in the real world. Most of the curriculum we are using is international so that our students can be employed outside of Nepal too. King&rsquo;s college tries to help students to be entrepreneurs and managers who can take innovative decisions and at the same time be capable of taking judicious risks.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<div>
		<em>(Kings College has been ranked\awarded the 5th Best Business Schools in Nepal and Best Emerging Business School by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>ACE Institute of Management</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="ACE Institute of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 59px;" />Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning center where students at different levels prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. In its 12-year history, since its inception in 1999, it has established itself as a leading institution that is living its vision of enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nation&rsquo;s development.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Ace institute launched the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment itself. Its MBA program has acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. In the undergraduate school, the BBA program is now considered to be one of the best in the country and the graduates of the institute have not only proven to excel in higher academic paths, but are also widely sought in the job market. Similarly, the Ace Higher Secondary School is well-known for its individual centered learning approach. The Centre for Institution and People Development (CIPD), the consulting division of Ace Institute of Management, is another example of the institute&rsquo;s effort in enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal. The launch of Ace A-Level and BBA-Banking and Insurance programs in 2008 is an additional milestone in its continuous endeavor to serve and facilitate learning.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
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					<img alt="Aashish Tiwari, Director" src="/userfiles/images/lc4%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 244px;" />
					<div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Aashish Tiwari,</strong> Director</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Students should make their decision of choosing a college based on infrastructures, the college&rsquo;s emphasis on practical knowledge and its recognition in the market. These three things are crucial for any college to attract students.</div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							At Ace, we lay a very strong foundation for the overall development of students. It is not only the intellectual development of the students or the grades that matter. Ace nurtures every student&rsquo;s potential and brings out the best in them. We try to focus on the weaknesses of our students and help them overcome them. Secondly, we treat our students with respect and believe that learning is a lifelong process. We want our students to not just focus on academics, but also experience the real world.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<em>(Ace Institute of Management has been ranked\awarded the 3rd Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
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<p>
	&nbsp;</p>',
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			'description' => 'Among the number of business colleges, King’s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.',
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			'title' => 'New Game Theory Research: Does Evolution Favour Jerks?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	So you believe in winning at all costs, even screwing fellow colleagues to get ahead in life? Well you may be in a bit of shock. An article in Popsi.com says although the selfish can survive for a while, but according to new game theory research, long-term survival requires cooperation.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The website quotes a study published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences that presented a new breakthrough strategy for the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma, a classic game theory situation that presents two prisoners with the opportunity to either cooperate or betray each other in exchange for lesser sentences, widely studied as a model for economics, psychology and evolutionary biology.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to the article, using a strategy called zero-determinant, or ZD (meaning that in the mathematical model, the value called the determinant is set to zero), the paper argued that selfish players could be guaranteed to beat cooperative players, enforcing &quot;a unilateral claim to an unfair share of rewards.&quot; Since the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma is used to explain biological phenomena, it raised the question: Does evolution favor jerks?</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The article says that Michigan State University microbiology and molecular genetics professor Christoph Adami and his research associate Arend Hintze immediately had doubts about whether ZD strategies could prove that evolution favors the selfish over the cooperative.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a paper published on August 9 in Nature Communications, they argue that according to their simulations, ZD strategies aren&#39;t evolutionarily stable, and that eventually, selfish players would have to become cooperative to survive. &quot;We found evolution will punish you if you&#39;re selfish and mean,&quot; Adami said in a press statement.</div>
<div>
	<em>(The Economic Times)</em></div>',
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			'id' => '2332',
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			'title' => 'Is Your Office Making You Unproductive?',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Global design firm Gensler found that companies&rsquo; attempts to provide space for staff to collaborate&ndash; &nbsp;often via open-plan layouts or low cubicles&ndash;have compromised workers&rsquo; ability to concentrate. The study, which surveyed &nbsp;2,035 employees at a variety of firms, found that the most effective workplaces include both quiet spaces and collaborative areas, and give employees a choice of where they&rsquo;d like to work at any given time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In one surprising finding, workers are spending more time in focus work, such as reading email or writing code, than in previous years, despite office layouts that seem more conducive to group work. The researchers say that that poorer focus may mean it takes longer to complete thought-intensive tasks.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Yet Gensler won&rsquo;t go so far as to say open-plan offices hinder workers&rsquo; prospects for getting work done&mdash;though plenty of employees say exactly that. (For one, companies love them because they usually consume less real estate than traditional cubicle farms.)</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of course, even the workers lucky enough to have offices must struggle with digital distractions, says Diane Hoskins, an executive director of Gensler. Only 54% of those with private offices reported that their space is ideal for focusing effectively, while 38% of those in private offices reported that their concentration was often disturbed by others, the study found.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The study bolstered the &ldquo;activity-based work&rdquo; movement, which holds that employees should choose different types of work environments &ndash; desks, caf&eacute;-like settings, meeting rooms &mdash; based on the type of tasks they are doing. &nbsp;At companies that give workers a choice of where to work, along with the tools for working remotely, employees were 12% more satisfied with their jobs than those at companies without remote-work options.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Still, even employees given the choice to work where they liked tended to spend the bulk of their time&mdash;some 70%&ndash;in the office. <em>(http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.

In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.',
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			'title' => 'Practical Education  Of Management',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual&rsquo;s decision making ability.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal moved ahead for privatization from 1991 which resulted in an increase in economic activities in the country too. A number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial institutions were started with that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. The need for proper and effective management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. Soon, there was a high demand for people with proper management skills. MBA produced&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	that manpower.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The MBA programme was introduced in Nepal by Kathmandu University (KU) in 1993. Since then, the programme has supplied skilled manpower in the industrial and financial sectors. MBA has been the most demanded course among all the graduate programmes in the country. The demand for MBA graduates is high in the global market too due to the development witnessed in the financial and industrial sectors around the world. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With that, students&rsquo; attraction towards the course is also increasing every day. As a result, three other universities in Nepal namely Tribhuvan University, Purvanchal University, and Pokhara University have started teaching the MBA course over the past two decades. The degree has been very popular among students so far. &nbsp;Some colleges are also taking affiliations from foreign universities to run the programme.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With MBA gaining popularity among students and mid-career professionals, most organisations have made MBA degree almost compulsory to enter professional fields. Today an MBA graduate finds more opportunities that MBS, MA, or MED graduates. Education experts say MBA course helps one to become economically independent too. Likewise, it also helps in proper management of one&rsquo;s own lifestyle.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Opportunities</strong></span></div>
<div>
	MBA graduates are mostly found employed in the business sector. They are also found working in industries and non-profit institutions. They are also working as consultants for various organisations or as entrepreneurs themselves. Similarly, they can also work in the fields of accounting, advertising or business management too. Likewise, MBA graduates are also the first choice for positions like Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Communication Manager, Chief Information Manager, Finance Officer, and Loan Analyst. MBA graduates are sought after in the tourism and agriculture sectors in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	MBA graduates get jobs easily and faster than other degree holders. They make more money as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>EMBA&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Executive Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (EMBA) course is designed for professionals who are already working in the business fields. This course aims to increase and sharpen their professional skills. While, the MBA course is for the regular students, EMBA is for working professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	One should have at least a bachelors&rsquo; degree and a minimum work experience (at least at an officer level), of a year with a government or non-government organisation to be eligible to pursue the EMBA course. EMBA course is in demand among people from the corporate sector.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual’s decision making ability.',
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			'id' => '2285',
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			'title' => 'KUSOM Annual Festival 2013 Concludes',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => null,
			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The two days KUSOM Annual Festival (KAF) 2013, sponsored by Springwood, concluded on 7th December (Saturday). The first day of the festival was themed as &ldquo;We Care&rdquo;, which was organized at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) premises.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The day was devoted to contributing for society through different socially responsible initiatives carried out by the students such as blood donation camps, free health camps and donation programs including free ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) checkups, visual screening and dental camps. Along with that, clothes, books and stationary items were donated to around 20 students from SPARKS Children Home and from Patan CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation Center).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile, the 2nd day of the festival was named &ldquo;Mana-Fest&rdquo; (short for management festival). The programme consisted of 15 different inter college competitions across the Kathmandu Valley. Among the different contests, Springwood&rsquo;s &ldquo;SNAP, SHARE, WIN&rdquo; held all day. The attraction of the programme was &lsquo;Eccentric Trendsetters Fashion Show&rsquo; and Rangoli competition on the theme of &lsquo;Celebration&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Islington College bagged the Best College Award by winning most number of competitions and students from BBA 3rd year of KUSOM won the Best Class of KUSOM Award by winning the most number of competitions among KUSOMites (KUSOM students).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, the inter college fest also saw a special performance from The Tito Satya team.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The two days KUSOM Annual Festival (KAF) 2013, sponsored by Springwood, concluded on 7th December (Saturday). The first day of the festival was themed as “We Care”, which was organized at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) premises.',
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			'title' => 'Study Management  In Best Business Schools',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Increasing demand for human resources with entrepreneurial and managerial skills has fostered management studies. There are large numbers of colleges throughout the country, which provide management courses. Here are two colleges in Kathmandu that are renowned for producing some of the best business and management graduates around.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="WhiteHouse GSM" src="/userfiles/images/wgsm.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 199px;" />WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management (WhiteHouse GSM) was established in 2001 with the motto, &ldquo;Think Now. Think Smart. Think Ahead.&rdquo;The college has been envisioned as a center to provide excellent management education and research opportunities. Its specially tailored courses inculcate professional skills and capabilities in the students and engrain in them entrepreneurial and business leadership qualities.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Courses provided by the college are student-centered and include ample of research opportunities that help in expanding the frontiers of student&rsquo;s knowledge about business. Its courses are responsive to demands of national and international economy and it imbibes in it strategies for providing students better understanding of globalization, sustainability, ethical entrepreneurship and innovative approaches in business management.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Under the corporate umbrella of WhiteHouse Education Network, WhiteHouse GSM offers four-year Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor in Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences (BLAS) programmes at the undergraduate level.In addition, it also offers two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs at the postgraduate level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college imparts education through the use of advanced and student-friendly teaching-learning methodologies like group interactive lectures, discussions, seminars, case studies, project work, industrial visits, presentations along with internship opportunities in reputed corporations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the city, Mid-Baneshwor, WhiteHouse GSM is an applied management school for individuals who aspire to build enterprises on their own. At the same time, its professional programmes aim to produce managers who can handle government and private organizations efficiently.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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											<img alt="Sambhu K Dahal" src="/userfiles/images/sd(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 248px;" /><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sambhu K. Dahal</strong></span></div>
										<div>
											<span style="font-size:14px;">Programme Director, WhiteHouse GSM</span></div>
										<div>
											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											Guru mantra of management is knowledge, skill and attitude. Knowledge can be obtained in any schools or institutions. Main thing that our college does is to enable students with capacity to transform knowledge into skill.&nbsp;</div>
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											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											The basic objective of our college is providing knowledge and converting that knowledge into skill and to improve the attitude of the student. We have some of the best faculty members and have the best physical infrastructure for providing standard education. Job placements are an important aspect of professional education courses. So far, our graduates have secured best positions in leading business organizations. Our College not only gives education but also helps them to be good entrepreneurs.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Thames International College</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="Thames International College" src="/userfiles/images/tic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 238px;" />Thames International College started its journey of serving Nepali youth in collegiate studies a decade ago.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college extends realistic assistance to young and aspiring adults in choosing academic course that meets their career ambition. It provides atmosphere where learning is not a forced compulsion but a creatively involving activity.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college concentrates on developing overall personality of its students instead of solely focusing on excelling in examinations. It believes that knowledge lies also beyond text books.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Thames assists its students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and provides opportunity to sharpen their own talents to overcome weaknesses. And all these services are provided through utmost professionalism. Thames concentrates on making the students realize the high competition in the outside world and how a strong academic back-up can assist them to excel in the competition.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college offers Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Information Management (BIM) and Bachelors&rsquo; in Rural Development and Social Work.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Located in the heart of the Kathmandu city, Old Baneshwor, the campus embodies a lifestyle appropriate for students where options for accommodation, transportation, shopping and entertainment are available as required by the students.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
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						<img alt="Rajendra Man Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/rms.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 247px;" /></div>
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							<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Rajendra Man Sherchan&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
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							<span style="font-size:14px;">Chairman</span></div>
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							<span style="font-size:14px;">Thames International College</span></div>
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							&nbsp;</div>
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							Thames International College is dedicated to students&rsquo; education. It works for the welfare of the students. It not only focuses on imparting theoretical education but also equally focuses on providing practical education. We emphasize on workshops, seminars, field visits and personal interaction with the real world to provide ample exposure to students. Beside providing guidance on book-based knowledge, our teaching approaches assist the students in being highly competitive graduates that can sell their skills in the market. Placement of our graduates is good.</div>
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<p>
	<em>(Both Colleges have been awarded the 6th Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 presented by New Business Age.)</em></p>',
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			'description' => 'Increasing demand for human resources with entrepreneurial and managerial skills has fostered management studies. There are large numbers of colleges throughout the country, which provide management courses. Here are two colleges in Kathmandu that are renowned for producing some of the best business and management graduates around.',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Choosing &lsquo;Where you study&rsquo; is as important as &lsquo;What you study&rsquo;. Selecting the right college is an important decision to make as it decides the rest of your personal and professional life. An individual has to make this decision here are some aspects to be consideredwhile selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Firstly don&rsquo;t rush to get admitted in a particular college. Inquire and research to know enough about the options available and try to acquire more information from them so that you have sufficient resources to analyse and reach a conclusive decision.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If any of your prospective colleges don&rsquo;t provide sufficient information, try to do online research by visiting their websites, asking about the college on social media channels and if possible try to enquire with students who are studying or have studied in that college. Gather required information through any means available.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Once you have gathered information about prospective colleges and identified your educational needs, start the decision making process by eliminating college that do not meet your expectation. Eliminating such colleges, help focus on remaining colleges that mostly meet your needs and expectations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Your checklist, while digging out information for a prospective college, should consider factors likedegrees offered by the college, infrastructures and resources of the college (labs, libraries etc.), fee structure and costs, co-curricular activities, reputation and ranking of the college in the industry, associated faculty members, among others.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Find out courses offered by a college along with the relevancy of those courses to your career plan. Colleges offer many courses, but knowing your requirements can easily help you in eliminating or selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Infrastructure facilities like labs, classrooms, libraries, canteen and playgrounds are important factors that contribute in creating a conducive environment for academic studies. Thus, look out for infrastructural facilities that a college has and whether they cater to your personal needs.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Check out fee structure and total costs of a course that you have selected to study and cross compare it with the fee structure of other colleges, who provide same course.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Co-curricular activities play an important role in developing team spirit in individuals. Check out how and what type of co-curricular activities does a college conducts. Comparing these activities with other prospective colleges will provide another metric to select or deselect a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Reputation of a college in the industry is an important factor for professional career. Always try to be part of a renowned college that has earned reputation for grooming best industry professionals and a college that is managed by reputed academicians and professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, availability of faculty members, their qualification and reputation is another important factor that is directly related to the learning activity. In fact this is considered as one of the most important aspect while choosing acollege. Run a background check to verify that the faculty members listed on a college&rsquo;s brochure do really teach there. Full time faculty provide attention to students need in comparison to part time faculties.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Likewise, check availability of scholarships schemes and if you can qualify for any of them.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Lastly, don&rsquo;t get carried away with advertisements and hypes. Evaluate the college on the basis of the metrics listed above before buying the claims of any college&rsquo;s advertisement and pinning down a college to pursue your higher studies.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Australian Scholarships to 39 Nepalis</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Thirty-nine Nepali students havereceived Australia Awards Scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia in 2014. Education Secretary Narayan Gopal Malego and Australia&rsquo;s Ambassador to Nepal, Glenn White, on 3rd December, presented the Awards to the students amid a function organised by the Australian Embassy in Kathmandu. Of those awarded, 16 are women and 19 are government employees.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The students will be pursuing studies in areas of Australia&rsquo;s priority sectors in Nepal, which include health, education, governance, livelihoods, water and sanitation and forestry. A press statement released by the Australian embassy stated that the Australian scholarships aim to contribute to the long-term objectives of developing countries to promote growth and stability. The scholarships equip recipients with the skills and knowledge to drive change and contribute to the economic and social development of their own countries, the statement further added.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bharatpur Medical College Honoured</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The College of Medical Sciences (Bharatpur Medical College) has received a SAARC level honour for outstanding surgical services. The college was felicitated amid a programme on Sunday, December 1st amid a programme held within the hospital premises. Hospital Director &nbsp;Natraj Prasad said that a group, including personnel from the SAARC Surgical Care Society,had inspected the hospital activities last year.Bharatpur Medical College is the first among 20 government hospitals in the country, to receive such a award.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>St Xavier&rsquo;s College Celebrates 25th Anniversary</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="St Xavier’s College" src="/userfiles/images/sx.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 119px;" />St Xavier&rsquo;s College, Maitighar celebrated 25th anniversary on Tuesday, 3rd December. The college organised a special programme to mark the occasion and felicitated 18 teachers and staff membersfor their services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, it also felicitated students who have excelled in various faculties and contributed to the nation. Vice President Parmanand Jha lauded the college&rsquo;s contribution to the nation and said, &ldquo;The dedication of Fathers and teachers toward their job and the students&rsquo; hard work have ensured the college a good reputation at both national and international levels.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	He opined that teachers at school and higher education level must be dedicated toward their job for Nepal&rsquo;s progress in education sector.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Father Augustine Thomas SJ, Principal of the college, informed that the college is working for upgrading as a university.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University Published 1 Year B.Ed Results</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="Tribhuvan University" src="/userfiles/images/tu(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 90px;" />Tribhuvan University Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published the results of one year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) examination on Wednesday, 5th December. Total of 2,555 students passed the examination out of 8,087 (31.59%). The examination of one year B.Ed was held on Magha 2068.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Gopal Sangroula</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP), which aimed to reform the school education system, is trailing out without making any significant progress. The five-year ambitious project aimed at reforming curriculum, management and examination system in order to bring about structural changes in the education system. &nbsp;Fifteen donor agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UNDP and USAID have been supporting the SSRP.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	SSRP has been the next big thing in Nepal&rsquo;s education reformation since the new education system was introduced in 1971. Launched in September, 2009 the project aimed to fulfil the state&rsquo;s objective of ensuring &lsquo;Education for All&rsquo; but fell short. Of other factors behind its failure, failure of the government to get the SSRP bill endorsed through parliament has been pointed by some as the major one.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Ministry officials, however, are pushing to buy another two years for this Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget programme, according to Mahashram Sharma, spokesperson for the education ministry.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The project aimed at improving the status of public schools along with the general education status of the nation. However, most of the plan has only been limited to paper. Educationist Bidhan Koirala points lack of realisation and recognition by the government, policy makers and political leaders about the outcome of SSRP as the major factor behind its failure.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;If it was a politically originated document, it would have been endorsed. But as it&rsquo;s an academically originated document, the political leaders have taken it in their own way. Though efforts are being made to endorse the bill through parliament, political leaders are not giving it the importance that it deserves,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	While the donor agencies contribute 22 per cent of the total Rs 256.82 billion &nbsp;budget, the government has been contributing the remaining78 per cent. If the Ministry succeeds in buying two years time for the plan, it will require an additional Rs 117 billion for implementing the remaining projects. While informing that necessary documentation in this regard has been presented to the donor agencies, Sharma said that the ministry is planning to table the bill at the parliament at the earliest.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile donors are requesting to increase the budget of the education sector to 20 per cent of the total budget. Though this year the education sector received the largest pie of the budget, donor agencies have pointed out that this is due to the salary of staff.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	If SSRP gets another lease of life, it aims to amend the current education Act. In other changes, the current four-tier education system (i.e. primary, lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary levels) will be brought down to two: &nbsp;class 1-8 would be made basic level and 9-12 secondary level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile, former president of Nepal Teachers&rsquo; Association, Mohan Gyawali says SSRP should not be implemented till the demands of teachers are fulfilled. He says that the government is trying to move out of its educational responsibility by handing over the school management to community.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The education ministry has declared Rasuwa, Kapilvastu and Dadeldhura as model districts for SSRP programme. However, the progress reports of these districts are yet to come out. &nbsp;The ministry had earlier committed to achieve the millennium development goal by 2015. Decreasing the dropout rates and bringing to the schools those children who are out of schools were some of the programmes under SSRP.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Udhyami Bhetghat, signature event of Udhyami Impact Fund (UIF) conducted Udhyami Bhetghat-Education this month on 12th of February. The programme was held at Wunjala Moskva Restaurant, Naxal which was focused on the education sector of Nepal.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The event was catered to individuals and companies in the Education sector where various entrepreneurs, investors, experts and interested people in the sector were present to expand their network and explore ways to collaborate.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Dr Bidhya Nath Koirala, Professor &amp; Head of the Department of Central Department of Education, Shanta Dixit, Founder and Director, Rato Bangala School, Jyoti Tandukar CEO of Alternative Technology and Kailash Badu, Co-founder of Teacher Access were the experts and featured guests of the programme. They shared their insights on the existing education industry of Nepal and challenges in the current system in the programme.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The participants were from diverse education sector value chain such as curriculum developers, content writers, commercial schools and colleges, non-profit organizations focused on education to marginalized populations, trainers, workshop/seminar companies, IT education companies and many more.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The main sponsor of the event was Biruwa Ventures Pvt Limited and the supporting sponsors were Thames International College and Kings College.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Udhyami Bhetghat is held every month. The previous editions of the event were focused on agriculture and tourism sectors. It is a series of sector-focused networking event that hopes to build the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal by giving entrepreneurs a platform to network, share and learn.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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				<img alt="Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet, Principal, K and K International College" src="/userfiles/images/lc(2).jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 233px;" /></td>
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								<strong>Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet</strong></div>
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								Principal, K and K</div>
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								International College</div>
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	K and K is the abbreviation derived from the name of the two colleges, which have earned their distinct names in two different educational sectors: Kantipur College of Business, Management and Humanities Studies (KCBMHS) and Knowledge and Wisdom Academy (KWA). Renowned academicians established KCBMHS in 1998 with a mission to create quality Nepali management professionals. While KWA was established in 2001 by equally renowned academicians to cater to the growing demand from parents and students for world class quality higher education.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	K and K International College is an outcome of these two merged institutions. It was formally established in the year 2004 A.D and named K and K to represent both of the institution individually. However, the college has established its name distinctly in the field of education within a span of three years.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the Kathmandu, New Baneshwor, the college commits to meet up to the level or standard of these two colleges, which have established their name in management education.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	K and K offers HSEB affiliated +2 level courses, Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Social Work (BSW), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Arts (BA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBS), and Master&rsquo;s programme in Rural Development with affiliation from Tribhuvan University (TU). Recently the college has introduced new programme: Master&rsquo;s in Gender Studies too.</div>
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	Among these entire range of programme, K and K is the pioneer in BSW programme. The college adopted the programme in 2005, the very year TU introduced the course, and since then has been able to foster BSW graduates with best results and the ability to commit themselves social work field. The college is proud for its contribution in institutionalizing BSW course in Nepal and for establishing itself as one of the most vied upon institutions to study the course.&nbsp;</div>
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	Besides courses prescribed by the University, the college provides needful computer courses to the students of all faculties. With that, students are also provided with the various extracurricular activities like workshops, seminars, educational tours, quiz contests and sports.</div>
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	The college is spread over six ropanies of land with sufficient ground for sports, spacious library well-stocked with sufficient reference materials, hygenic and well maintained canteen, comfortable seminar hall, and class rooms with the best environment for academic excellence.</div>
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	&ldquo;We have always moved ahead by stepping on norms and ethics of social works&rdquo;, principal of college Prof Dr Resh Bahadur Basnet said. &ldquo;We have provided top results in BSW till date,&rdquo; Basnet said adding that this year&rsquo;s gold medallist too is from K and K. Basnet shares that the K and K graduates have reached to higher level posts in big governmental and non-governmental organisations. &ldquo;Our programs are specially tailored to teach students for being responsible towards society and ensure that they posses skills that cater to market needs,&rdquo; he shares.</div>
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	The success of the college lies in its strong, diverse and qualified faculty members, its students and its energetic management team. &ldquo;There is only one thing that we are concerned about: Quality Education,&rdquo; says Basnet.</div>',
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			'description' => 'K and K is the abbreviation derived from the name of the two colleges, which have earned their distinct names in two different educational sectors: Kantipur College of Business, Management and Humanities Studies (KCBMHS) and Knowledge and Wisdom Academy (KWA). Renowned academicians established KCBMHS in 1998 with a mission to create quality Nepali management professionals.',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Little Angel&rsquo;s College of Management (LACM) and Prime College are two top Business colleges in the town, which are giving their best for the aspiring management students to help them become top leaders and managers of the future. LACM with affiliation with Kathmandu University is in the education sector since1999 while Prime is recognized for providing top management education since 2002.</span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Little Angels College of Management</strong></span></div>
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	Little Angels College of Management (LACM) was established in 1999 with the objective to fulfil the void that would lead Nepal towards a path of development.&nbsp;</div>
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	The college aims to provide the country with young people who are armed with a certain set of managerial skills, to give work and production the direction, it requires for efficiency and excellence. It offers a team of experienced and dedicated teachers supporting the students at every stage of their journey.&nbsp;</div>
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	For students who choose a career in the fast paced and constantly changing environment of the business and technological world, Little Angels&rsquo; College of Management reproduces real world challenges as best as it can in the classroom.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The College Offers the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and the Bachelor of Business Information System (BBIS): both 120 credit, 4-year courses and Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM) with the affiliation of highly reputed Kathmandu University. During the course, students will develop administrative and problem solving skills with a sharp knowledge of today&rsquo;s technology, preparing them for a lifetime of opportunities. For students aspiring to join Nepal&rsquo;s hospitality industry too, LA&rsquo;s Bachelor in Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM) is the perfect place to put your foot in the door.</div>
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							<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Mitra Bahadur Paudel" src="/userfiles/images/lc(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 185px;" />Mitra Bandhu Poudel, Principal</strong></span></div>
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							Every college is special in their own way. A business school should focus on market demand and necessity while developing the curriculum. Business Colleges helps in producing the skilled manpower demanded by the market. Quality products with healthy competitions of the colleges ultimately help in prospering the nation. Talking about Little Angels College of Management we focus on quality at affordable price. We provide professional touch in our course. We are moving very consciously towards providing the quality education to our students. About the placement part, our students are sellable in the market. LACM has no match in that case. Currently, we are looking forward to strengthen the course we already are providing to make it and deliver it better.</div>
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		<strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Prime College&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
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	Prime College is a renowned IT, Management and Science College which is committed to excellence. The college has been successful to establish itself to the educational arena of Nepal for the 12 years. Located at the heart of the city Naya Bazar, Kathmandu, the college is well recognized for offering world-class academic programmes and a growing array of intellectual programmes. Activities such as debate, public speaking, social welfare, event organizing, and inter-college sports activities helps students to grow in diversity both academically and intellectually.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The College is well known for its extraordinary faculties, distinguished research scholars and experts to help come this far with outstanding academic results and National Champion titles in various sports events, such as Wushu, Table Tennis and Basketball as well. The College focuses on employment prospects through the acquisition of subject knowledge and practical skills.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The college has pooled some of the best academic facilities and highly prolific faculty members. Prime offers the combination of experienced and dedicated faculties to the students such as; London based Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert Associate Professor Dr. Suresh Manandhar, Prominent IT expert of Nepal, Dr. Bhushan Shrestha, and Prof. Dr. K.D. Koirala, a prominent management and marketing expert. The college also has highly experienced and trained foreign and Nepali faculties in Hotel Management.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Courses Offered</strong></span></div>
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	The College offers Plus 2 program (Management and Science streams) in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB).And Bachelors program in affiliation with Tribhuvan University (TU). Bachelors program include Bachelor of Information Management (BIM), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (B.Sc. CSIT) and Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS).</div>
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								<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="Naresh Prasad Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/lc1.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 186px;" />Naresh Prasad Shrestha, Principal</strong></span></div>
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								One of the specialties of our college is to work in a group. Our management is moving forward with the vision of providing quality education to the students. We are motivated to work hard with the positive involvement of student and guardians from national level. We also help our students for providing employment beyond quality education. We are giving our continuous effort in the education sector. While selecting the business schools, the students should concentrate on modern education system, skills of communication and educational levels of faculty members. They should also verify whether the college will help the students in job placement after the completion of study or not.</div>
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			'title' => 'Learning Curve News In Brief (6 - 12 January 2014)',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU Publishes LLB Second Year Results</strong></span></div>
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	Tribhuvan University (TU) has published the examination result of LLB Second year 2013. TU&rsquo;s Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published results of the examination held during April-May, 2013, on Tuesday, 31st December.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>BPKIHS Tenth Convocation Ceremony in February</strong></span></div>
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	BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan is going to hold its 10th convocation ceremony on 4thFebruary 2014. The ceremony will be held on the BPKIHS premises itself. The institute has called on all it&rsquo;s passed out students of 2009/2010 batch of MD/MS programme, 2006 /2007 batch of MBBS programme for participating in the ceremony that is scheduled to start from 11 am. Along with that BSc Nursing, BSc MLT, BSc OT, MPH have been also notified to be present at the time. A notice issued by the institution has asked for submitting applications for the ceremony by January 29, 2014.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Students Padlock STA</strong></span></div>
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	Students have padlocked the administration office of the Seti Technical Academy (STA), Doti for an indefinite period from Thursday, January 2. Agitating students padlocked the administrative office demanding sufficient educational resources in the institute. Students have said that they wont open the locks unless their demands are addressed by the campus administration. Classes as well as administrative work at the institute have been halted following the lockout.</div>
<div>
	The campus provides three-year diploma in engineering, ISc (Ag), ANM, Agriculture and Veterinary JTA courses. Around 400 students are studying at present in the institution.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Motor Rally to Promote Literacy</strong></span></div>
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	Rotary Club of Bagmati organized a motor rally on January 2 to promote literacy.The rally began from Tundikhel, Kathmandu and ended at Water Front Resort, Pokhara. Besides promoting literacy, the programme also aimed at encouraging safe driving, as the winner of the competition were decided on the basis of other factors rather than driving speed. To make the event more effective, the organizers had also designed a competition where the participants were judged on the basis of creativity they put in for decorating their cars with artworks that reflected the theme of literacy.In 2005 the Club had organized similar motor rally to promote anti-tobacco and anti-smoking awareness.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>CIAA Committees to Investigate School Funds</strong></span></div>
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	Three Committees have been formed by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to investigate schools in six districts that are out of operation but still receiving the government funds. The committees have been assigned to investigate schools in Sarlahi, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bara and Parsa district.</div>
<div>
	A committee led by CIAA Joint-secretary Ramkrishna Subedi is said to be studying the schools in Sarlahi and Rautahat while another led by DSP Sudarshan Koirala will inspect schools in Dhanusha and Mahottari. A three-member team led by an under-secretary at the CIAA regional office, Bidurraj Giri will be investigating Bara and Parsa districts.</div>',
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	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
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	Don&rsquo;t call it a catfight.</div>
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	That&rsquo;s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.</div>
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	The scholars, Leah D. Sheppard and Karl Aquino, asked 152 subjects to assess three workplace conflict scenarios involving a pair of managers. The examples were identical, save for the names of the individuals involved: Adam and Steven, Adam and Sarah, and Sarah and Anne.</div>
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	Participants were asked to assess the likelihood that the two managers would be able to repair their relationship and the effect of the dispute on team and company morale. The subjects, both male and female, consistently viewed the conflict between the two women in the most negative light.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The researchers don&rsquo;t know exactly why women-on-women fights are perceived so negatively, but they have some theories.&ldquo;Conflicts between women violate our norms of what is prescribed for women,&rdquo; says Sheppard.&ldquo;We have this perception that women can be really catty and terrible to each other, but we don&rsquo;t think women should be that way. We want to see women supporting one another, because they are a marginalized group.&rdquo;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Language may play a role, with loaded terms such as &ldquo;catfight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Queen Bee syndrome&rdquo; often deployed when women fight. &nbsp;&ldquo;We are hard-pressed to think of a term comparable to &lsquo;catfight&rsquo; that is regularly used to label conflict and competition between two men,&rdquo; the scholars write in&nbsp;</div>
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	the study.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The bias against female-female conflict may affect hiring and promotions for women. Managers may unconsciously decide against assigning two women together if there appears to be some discord between them. Women may also be more reluctant to speak up against another female colleague if they think they may be penalized, or labeled as catty, for doing so.The scholars hope that the study will boost managers&rsquo; awareness of the bias against fights between women when dealing with workplace conflicts and assignments. Awareness may also prevent women from harping publicly about conflicts with other women. &ldquo;For me personally, I might avoid ruminating about a conflict with a coworker. It will already be more salient to people, so probably speaking about it won&rsquo;t help,&rdquo; Ms. Sheppard says.<em> (blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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That’s one of the takeaways of a management study on workplace conflict by researchers at the University of British Columbia. The researchers found that both men and women perceived office disputes between women to be more disruptive to office life than fights between men or between a man and a woman.',
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			'title' => 'Studying MBA At Premium Education Institution Of The Country',
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	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
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	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) programme is an academic course that provides effective managerial skills and insights to its students. There has been an increase in demand for MBA graduates following the boom witnessed by the financial and industrial sectors around the world. Students are increasingly aspiring for enrolling themselves in this course considering the employment opportunities that are available in this sector. Tribhuvan University School of Management&rsquo;s (SOMTU) MBA programme is considered to be one of the best courses available in Nepal. The institution claims of having best teaching standards and industry-focused curriculum that produces capable and efficient professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TU School of Management (SOMTU)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	SOM TU envisages implementing the MBA programme professionally and promises to have academically qualified faculty members that have professional exposure and experience, among others. The Working Procedure Regulations 2066 BS governs the institute&rsquo;s working procedures while providing it a full autonomous status. The SOM Governing Board is the apex body that is authorized to determine all academic, administrative, and financial policy of this school.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>SOM MBA Programme</strong></span></div>
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	SOM&rsquo;s MBA programme is a full time course that focuses on developing managerial and entrepreneurial capabilities of students through curricular and co-curricular activities. It specifically aims to prepare professional managers for business and non-business sectors. Along with that, the course aims to develop entrepreneurs that will be capable of evaluating risks and taking on challenges in emerging global business environment. Every SOM MBA grad will have the knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary for developing scientific approach towards business, being result oriented, and being socially responsive management professionals.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The programme has 60 credit hours with components that involve course work, seminars, practicum, experiential learning, and graduate research project.The total duration of the programme is 2 years and is spread over four semesters.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Student Intake</strong></span></div>
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	Madhav Raj Koirala, Director of the SOM, says, not all aspiring students manage to get into the SOM MBA programme, though they receive overwhelming number of applications in every admission session.</div>
<div>
	Student intake for the MBA programme takes place twice a year. The spring intake begins from the month of January for the February &ndash; June semester, while the fall intake begins from July for the August &ndash; December semester.SOM takes a total of 35 students of which 5 seats are reserved for corporate sponsorships and foreign students. Corporate and foreign students must secure a minimum of 60 percent in the written entrance test (SOMAT) for contending in this quota.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The applicant to the MBA programme must have a minimum of 15 years&rsquo; formal education (12 years of schooling plus three years of graduation). And with that, s/he must have secured a minimum CGPA of 2.0 or 45 percent in Bachelor&rsquo;s level.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
	<p>
		&nbsp;</p>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Madhav Raj Koirala, Director, School of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 222px;" />Madhav Raj Koirala</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<strong>Director, School of Management</strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The SOM MBA curriculum has a local focus with a global perspective. Comparatively, TU&rsquo;s MBA curriculum is not much different from others. The difference is the means and mode of delivering the course. Teaching faculties, teaching techniques, field exposures are the things that can differentiate TU&rsquo;s MBA from others. The SOMTU has a host of experienced and seasoned faculty members that includes professors and associate professors with doctorate degrees, long experience in teaching, research and consulting, along with other professionals that have tremendous experience in their respective field.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	We provide two special courses to our students: Practicum Course and Seminar Course. These courses aim to provide specific skills and knowledge to the students that other general MBA courses do not provide.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Our students have greater exposure to industry where they inculcate essential skills to tackle real time issues. This exposure is coupled with research, seminars and experiential learning. These components enable them to be leaders in their professions.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;">Among the number of business colleges, King&rsquo;s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.&nbsp;</span></div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>King&rsquo;s College</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="King's College" src="/userfiles/images/lc1%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 65px;" />Kings College was established in 2003 as an A level institution. The college later developed into an institution of higher learning in 2009. Kings College aims to provide world-class education to Nepali youth here in Nepal that too at an affordable cost. With a team of committed educators, academicians and professionals at the helm, the college has undergone a complete transformation in terms of structure and quality as well as systems and processes.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The college offers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in affiliation with the International American University (IAU), USA. The college offers a modern western education in Nepal with international brand and quality assurance. Adopting a holistic approach, the college pledges to promote and propagate value-based higher education that blends the best of the East and the West in concepts, applications and life purpose. King&rsquo;s focuses on producing and developing business leaders and entrepreneurial cadres who are ready to solve societal problems through entrepreneurship. General and Entrepreneurship focused MBA degrees are on offer.</div>
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						<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Dr Som P Pudasaini,</strong> Executive Chairman</span></div>
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						&nbsp;</div>
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						A business school should be chosen on the basis of three points. First is the quality of education - whether it can assure jobs in Nepal or anywhere else in the world. Second is whether such education comes at a reasonable cost. Most of all, students should choose a college where they think they can be happy, learn in class, play and learn a number of extracurricular activities. King&rsquo;s College has been training its graduates to be capable of working in the real world. Most of the curriculum we are using is international so that our students can be employed outside of Nepal too. King&rsquo;s college tries to help students to be entrepreneurs and managers who can take innovative decisions and at the same time be capable of taking judicious risks.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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		<em>(Kings College has been ranked\awarded the 5th Best Business Schools in Nepal and Best Emerging Business School by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>ACE Institute of Management</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="ACE Institute of Management" src="/userfiles/images/lc3%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 250px; height: 59px;" />Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning center where students at different levels prepare to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. In its 12-year history, since its inception in 1999, it has established itself as a leading institution that is living its vision of enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nation&rsquo;s development.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Ace institute launched the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment itself. Its MBA program has acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. In the undergraduate school, the BBA program is now considered to be one of the best in the country and the graduates of the institute have not only proven to excel in higher academic paths, but are also widely sought in the job market. Similarly, the Ace Higher Secondary School is well-known for its individual centered learning approach. The Centre for Institution and People Development (CIPD), the consulting division of Ace Institute of Management, is another example of the institute&rsquo;s effort in enhancing the capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal. The launch of Ace A-Level and BBA-Banking and Insurance programs in 2008 is an additional milestone in its continuous endeavor to serve and facilitate learning.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
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					<img alt="Aashish Tiwari, Director" src="/userfiles/images/lc4%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 244px;" />
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						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Aashish Tiwari,</strong> Director</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Students should make their decision of choosing a college based on infrastructures, the college&rsquo;s emphasis on practical knowledge and its recognition in the market. These three things are crucial for any college to attract students.</div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							At Ace, we lay a very strong foundation for the overall development of students. It is not only the intellectual development of the students or the grades that matter. Ace nurtures every student&rsquo;s potential and brings out the best in them. We try to focus on the weaknesses of our students and help them overcome them. Secondly, we treat our students with respect and believe that learning is a lifelong process. We want our students to not just focus on academics, but also experience the real world.</div>
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		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<em>(Ace Institute of Management has been ranked\awarded the 3rd Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 organised by New Business Age.)</em></div>
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			'description' => 'Among the number of business colleges, King’s College and Ace Institute of Management are the two leading colleges in the Kathmandu city which are providing their best in management education for the students who want to pursue their career further in business sector. And with that, these colleges are also providing GCE A-level which is an advanced level General Certificate of Education.',
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			'title' => 'New Game Theory Research: Does Evolution Favour Jerks?',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	So you believe in winning at all costs, even screwing fellow colleagues to get ahead in life? Well you may be in a bit of shock. An article in Popsi.com says although the selfish can survive for a while, but according to new game theory research, long-term survival requires cooperation.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The website quotes a study published in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences that presented a new breakthrough strategy for the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma, a classic game theory situation that presents two prisoners with the opportunity to either cooperate or betray each other in exchange for lesser sentences, widely studied as a model for economics, psychology and evolutionary biology.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	According to the article, using a strategy called zero-determinant, or ZD (meaning that in the mathematical model, the value called the determinant is set to zero), the paper argued that selfish players could be guaranteed to beat cooperative players, enforcing &quot;a unilateral claim to an unfair share of rewards.&quot; Since the Prisoner&#39;s Dilemma is used to explain biological phenomena, it raised the question: Does evolution favor jerks?</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The article says that Michigan State University microbiology and molecular genetics professor Christoph Adami and his research associate Arend Hintze immediately had doubts about whether ZD strategies could prove that evolution favors the selfish over the cooperative.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a paper published on August 9 in Nature Communications, they argue that according to their simulations, ZD strategies aren&#39;t evolutionarily stable, and that eventually, selfish players would have to become cooperative to survive. &quot;We found evolution will punish you if you&#39;re selfish and mean,&quot; Adami said in a press statement.</div>
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	<em>(The Economic Times)</em></div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Rachel Emma Silverman</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Having trouble focusing at work? Blame the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Global design firm Gensler found that companies&rsquo; attempts to provide space for staff to collaborate&ndash; &nbsp;often via open-plan layouts or low cubicles&ndash;have compromised workers&rsquo; ability to concentrate. The study, which surveyed &nbsp;2,035 employees at a variety of firms, found that the most effective workplaces include both quiet spaces and collaborative areas, and give employees a choice of where they&rsquo;d like to work at any given time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	In one surprising finding, workers are spending more time in focus work, such as reading email or writing code, than in previous years, despite office layouts that seem more conducive to group work. The researchers say that that poorer focus may mean it takes longer to complete thought-intensive tasks.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Yet Gensler won&rsquo;t go so far as to say open-plan offices hinder workers&rsquo; prospects for getting work done&mdash;though plenty of employees say exactly that. (For one, companies love them because they usually consume less real estate than traditional cubicle farms.)</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of course, even the workers lucky enough to have offices must struggle with digital distractions, says Diane Hoskins, an executive director of Gensler. Only 54% of those with private offices reported that their space is ideal for focusing effectively, while 38% of those in private offices reported that their concentration was often disturbed by others, the study found.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The study bolstered the &ldquo;activity-based work&rdquo; movement, which holds that employees should choose different types of work environments &ndash; desks, caf&eacute;-like settings, meeting rooms &mdash; based on the type of tasks they are doing. &nbsp;At companies that give workers a choice of where to work, along with the tools for working remotely, employees were 12% more satisfied with their jobs than those at companies without remote-work options.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Still, even employees given the choice to work where they liked tended to spend the bulk of their time&mdash;some 70%&ndash;in the office. <em>(http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork)</em></div>',
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In a new study, a large design firm responsible for creating corporate offices world-wide has found that most modern workspaces, while built to foster collaboration and ties between workers, may stifle our ability to focus and get things done.',
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			'title' => 'Practical Education  Of Management',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual&rsquo;s decision making ability.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Nepal moved ahead for privatization from 1991 which resulted in an increase in economic activities in the country too. A number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial institutions were started with that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. The need for proper and effective management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. Soon, there was a high demand for people with proper management skills. MBA produced&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	that manpower.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The MBA programme was introduced in Nepal by Kathmandu University (KU) in 1993. Since then, the programme has supplied skilled manpower in the industrial and financial sectors. MBA has been the most demanded course among all the graduate programmes in the country. The demand for MBA graduates is high in the global market too due to the development witnessed in the financial and industrial sectors around the world. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With that, students&rsquo; attraction towards the course is also increasing every day. As a result, three other universities in Nepal namely Tribhuvan University, Purvanchal University, and Pokhara University have started teaching the MBA course over the past two decades. The degree has been very popular among students so far. &nbsp;Some colleges are also taking affiliations from foreign universities to run the programme.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	With MBA gaining popularity among students and mid-career professionals, most organisations have made MBA degree almost compulsory to enter professional fields. Today an MBA graduate finds more opportunities that MBS, MA, or MED graduates. Education experts say MBA course helps one to become economically independent too. Likewise, it also helps in proper management of one&rsquo;s own lifestyle.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Opportunities</strong></span></div>
<div>
	MBA graduates are mostly found employed in the business sector. They are also found working in industries and non-profit institutions. They are also working as consultants for various organisations or as entrepreneurs themselves. Similarly, they can also work in the fields of accounting, advertising or business management too. Likewise, MBA graduates are also the first choice for positions like Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Communication Manager, Chief Information Manager, Finance Officer, and Loan Analyst. MBA graduates are sought after in the tourism and agriculture sectors in Nepal.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	MBA graduates get jobs easily and faster than other degree holders. They make more money as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>EMBA&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Executive Master&rsquo;s in Business Administration (EMBA) course is designed for professionals who are already working in the business fields. This course aims to increase and sharpen their professional skills. While, the MBA course is for the regular students, EMBA is for working professionals.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	One should have at least a bachelors&rsquo; degree and a minimum work experience (at least at an officer level), of a year with a government or non-government organisation to be eligible to pursue the EMBA course. EMBA course is in demand among people from the corporate sector.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) is an academic course which teaches proper management of every sector. It is a course which provides practical knowledge about management. It also helps in developing an individual’s decision making ability.',
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			'id' => '2285',
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			'title' => 'KUSOM Annual Festival 2013 Concludes',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The two days KUSOM Annual Festival (KAF) 2013, sponsored by Springwood, concluded on 7th December (Saturday). The first day of the festival was themed as &ldquo;We Care&rdquo;, which was organized at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) premises.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The day was devoted to contributing for society through different socially responsible initiatives carried out by the students such as blood donation camps, free health camps and donation programs including free ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) checkups, visual screening and dental camps. Along with that, clothes, books and stationary items were donated to around 20 students from SPARKS Children Home and from Patan CBR (Community Based Rehabilitation Center).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Meanwhile, the 2nd day of the festival was named &ldquo;Mana-Fest&rdquo; (short for management festival). The programme consisted of 15 different inter college competitions across the Kathmandu Valley. Among the different contests, Springwood&rsquo;s &ldquo;SNAP, SHARE, WIN&rdquo; held all day. The attraction of the programme was &lsquo;Eccentric Trendsetters Fashion Show&rsquo; and Rangoli competition on the theme of &lsquo;Celebration&rsquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Islington College bagged the Best College Award by winning most number of competitions and students from BBA 3rd year of KUSOM won the Best Class of KUSOM Award by winning the most number of competitions among KUSOMites (KUSOM students).</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, the inter college fest also saw a special performance from The Tito Satya team.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Study Management  In Best Business Schools',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Increasing demand for human resources with entrepreneurial and managerial skills has fostered management studies. There are large numbers of colleges throughout the country, which provide management courses. Here are two colleges in Kathmandu that are renowned for producing some of the best business and management graduates around.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management</strong></span></div>
<div>
	<img alt="WhiteHouse GSM" src="/userfiles/images/wgsm.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 199px;" />WhiteHouse Graduate School of Management (WhiteHouse GSM) was established in 2001 with the motto, &ldquo;Think Now. Think Smart. Think Ahead.&rdquo;The college has been envisioned as a center to provide excellent management education and research opportunities. Its specially tailored courses inculcate professional skills and capabilities in the students and engrain in them entrepreneurial and business leadership qualities.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Courses provided by the college are student-centered and include ample of research opportunities that help in expanding the frontiers of student&rsquo;s knowledge about business. Its courses are responsive to demands of national and international economy and it imbibes in it strategies for providing students better understanding of globalization, sustainability, ethical entrepreneurship and innovative approaches in business management.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Under the corporate umbrella of WhiteHouse Education Network, WhiteHouse GSM offers four-year Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor in Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences (BLAS) programmes at the undergraduate level.In addition, it also offers two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive MBA programs at the postgraduate level.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college imparts education through the use of advanced and student-friendly teaching-learning methodologies like group interactive lectures, discussions, seminars, case studies, project work, industrial visits, presentations along with internship opportunities in reputed corporations.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located at the heart of the city, Mid-Baneshwor, WhiteHouse GSM is an applied management school for individuals who aspire to build enterprises on their own. At the same time, its professional programmes aim to produce managers who can handle government and private organizations efficiently.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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											<img alt="Sambhu K Dahal" src="/userfiles/images/sd(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 200px; height: 248px;" /><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Sambhu K. Dahal</strong></span></div>
										<div>
											<span style="font-size:14px;">Programme Director, WhiteHouse GSM</span></div>
										<div>
											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											Guru mantra of management is knowledge, skill and attitude. Knowledge can be obtained in any schools or institutions. Main thing that our college does is to enable students with capacity to transform knowledge into skill.&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											&nbsp;</div>
										<div>
											The basic objective of our college is providing knowledge and converting that knowledge into skill and to improve the attitude of the student. We have some of the best faculty members and have the best physical infrastructure for providing standard education. Job placements are an important aspect of professional education courses. So far, our graduates have secured best positions in leading business organizations. Our College not only gives education but also helps them to be good entrepreneurs.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<div>
		<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Thames International College</strong></span></div>
	<div>
		<img alt="Thames International College" src="/userfiles/images/tic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 300px; height: 238px;" />Thames International College started its journey of serving Nepali youth in collegiate studies a decade ago.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college extends realistic assistance to young and aspiring adults in choosing academic course that meets their career ambition. It provides atmosphere where learning is not a forced compulsion but a creatively involving activity.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college concentrates on developing overall personality of its students instead of solely focusing on excelling in examinations. It believes that knowledge lies also beyond text books.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Thames assists its students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses and provides opportunity to sharpen their own talents to overcome weaknesses. And all these services are provided through utmost professionalism. Thames concentrates on making the students realize the high competition in the outside world and how a strong academic back-up can assist them to excel in the competition.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		The college offers Bachelor&rsquo;s in Business Studies (BBA), Bachelor&rsquo;s in Information Management (BIM) and Bachelors&rsquo; in Rural Development and Social Work.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		Located in the heart of the Kathmandu city, Old Baneshwor, the campus embodies a lifestyle appropriate for students where options for accommodation, transportation, shopping and entertainment are available as required by the students.</div>
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
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						<img alt="Rajendra Man Shrestha" src="/userfiles/images/rms.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 200px; height: 247px;" /></div>
					<div>
						<div>
							<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Rajendra Man Sherchan&nbsp;</span></strong></div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;">Chairman</span></div>
						<div>
							<span style="font-size:14px;">Thames International College</span></div>
						<div>
							&nbsp;</div>
						<div>
							Thames International College is dedicated to students&rsquo; education. It works for the welfare of the students. It not only focuses on imparting theoretical education but also equally focuses on providing practical education. We emphasize on workshops, seminars, field visits and personal interaction with the real world to provide ample exposure to students. Beside providing guidance on book-based knowledge, our teaching approaches assist the students in being highly competitive graduates that can sell their skills in the market. Placement of our graduates is good.</div>
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					&nbsp;</div>
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<p>
	<em>(Both Colleges have been awarded the 6th Best Business Schools in Nepal by National Business Schools Rating-Ranking Awards, 2013 presented by New Business Age.)</em></p>',
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			'title' => 'Choosing The Right College',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Choosing &lsquo;Where you study&rsquo; is as important as &lsquo;What you study&rsquo;. Selecting the right college is an important decision to make as it decides the rest of your personal and professional life. An individual has to make this decision here are some aspects to be consideredwhile selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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	Firstly don&rsquo;t rush to get admitted in a particular college. Inquire and research to know enough about the options available and try to acquire more information from them so that you have sufficient resources to analyse and reach a conclusive decision.&nbsp;</div>
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	If any of your prospective colleges don&rsquo;t provide sufficient information, try to do online research by visiting their websites, asking about the college on social media channels and if possible try to enquire with students who are studying or have studied in that college. Gather required information through any means available.&nbsp;</div>
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	Once you have gathered information about prospective colleges and identified your educational needs, start the decision making process by eliminating college that do not meet your expectation. Eliminating such colleges, help focus on remaining colleges that mostly meet your needs and expectations.&nbsp;</div>
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	Your checklist, while digging out information for a prospective college, should consider factors likedegrees offered by the college, infrastructures and resources of the college (labs, libraries etc.), fee structure and costs, co-curricular activities, reputation and ranking of the college in the industry, associated faculty members, among others.&nbsp;</div>
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	Find out courses offered by a college along with the relevancy of those courses to your career plan. Colleges offer many courses, but knowing your requirements can easily help you in eliminating or selecting a college.&nbsp;</div>
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	Infrastructure facilities like labs, classrooms, libraries, canteen and playgrounds are important factors that contribute in creating a conducive environment for academic studies. Thus, look out for infrastructural facilities that a college has and whether they cater to your personal needs.</div>
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	Check out fee structure and total costs of a course that you have selected to study and cross compare it with the fee structure of other colleges, who provide same course.&nbsp;</div>
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	Co-curricular activities play an important role in developing team spirit in individuals. Check out how and what type of co-curricular activities does a college conducts. Comparing these activities with other prospective colleges will provide another metric to select or deselect a college.&nbsp;</div>
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	Reputation of a college in the industry is an important factor for professional career. Always try to be part of a renowned college that has earned reputation for grooming best industry professionals and a college that is managed by reputed academicians and professionals.&nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, availability of faculty members, their qualification and reputation is another important factor that is directly related to the learning activity. In fact this is considered as one of the most important aspect while choosing acollege. Run a background check to verify that the faculty members listed on a college&rsquo;s brochure do really teach there. Full time faculty provide attention to students need in comparison to part time faculties.&nbsp;</div>
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	Likewise, check availability of scholarships schemes and if you can qualify for any of them.</div>
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	Lastly, don&rsquo;t get carried away with advertisements and hypes. Evaluate the college on the basis of the metrics listed above before buying the claims of any college&rsquo;s advertisement and pinning down a college to pursue your higher studies.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Australian Scholarships to 39 Nepalis</strong></span></div>
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	Thirty-nine Nepali students havereceived Australia Awards Scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies in Australia in 2014. Education Secretary Narayan Gopal Malego and Australia&rsquo;s Ambassador to Nepal, Glenn White, on 3rd December, presented the Awards to the students amid a function organised by the Australian Embassy in Kathmandu. Of those awarded, 16 are women and 19 are government employees.&nbsp;</div>
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	The students will be pursuing studies in areas of Australia&rsquo;s priority sectors in Nepal, which include health, education, governance, livelihoods, water and sanitation and forestry. A press statement released by the Australian embassy stated that the Australian scholarships aim to contribute to the long-term objectives of developing countries to promote growth and stability. The scholarships equip recipients with the skills and knowledge to drive change and contribute to the economic and social development of their own countries, the statement further added.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Bharatpur Medical College Honoured</strong></span></div>
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	The College of Medical Sciences (Bharatpur Medical College) has received a SAARC level honour for outstanding surgical services. The college was felicitated amid a programme on Sunday, December 1st amid a programme held within the hospital premises. Hospital Director &nbsp;Natraj Prasad said that a group, including personnel from the SAARC Surgical Care Society,had inspected the hospital activities last year.Bharatpur Medical College is the first among 20 government hospitals in the country, to receive such a award.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>St Xavier&rsquo;s College Celebrates 25th Anniversary</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="St Xavier’s College" src="/userfiles/images/sx.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 119px;" />St Xavier&rsquo;s College, Maitighar celebrated 25th anniversary on Tuesday, 3rd December. The college organised a special programme to mark the occasion and felicitated 18 teachers and staff membersfor their services.&nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, it also felicitated students who have excelled in various faculties and contributed to the nation. Vice President Parmanand Jha lauded the college&rsquo;s contribution to the nation and said, &ldquo;The dedication of Fathers and teachers toward their job and the students&rsquo; hard work have ensured the college a good reputation at both national and international levels.&rdquo;</div>
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	He opined that teachers at school and higher education level must be dedicated toward their job for Nepal&rsquo;s progress in education sector.</div>
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	Father Augustine Thomas SJ, Principal of the college, informed that the college is working for upgrading as a university.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tribhuvan University Published 1 Year B.Ed Results</strong></span></div>
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	<img alt="Tribhuvan University" src="/userfiles/images/tu(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 100px; height: 90px;" />Tribhuvan University Office of the Controller of Examination, Balkhu published the results of one year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) examination on Wednesday, 5th December. Total of 2,555 students passed the examination out of 8,087 (31.59%). The examination of one year B.Ed was held on Magha 2068.</div>',
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U.S. Dollar	1	121.23	121.83
European Euro	1	131.65	132.31
UK Pound Sterling	1	142.47	143.18
Swiss Franc	1	124.29	124.90
Australian Dollar	1	71.69	72.05
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Japanese Yen	10	10.94	11.00
Chinese Yuan	1	17.17	17.26
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