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	If you want to know about what are the support, grants or scholarships University Grant Commission of Nepal, provides to colleges, universities or faculties (Professors/Lecturers) or even students. Here are the main highlights.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Every year UGC announces application for the grants/supports and scholarships as listed below. For the academic year 2070, the commission has started collecting application/proposal and the deadline for some programmes ends on Poush 30.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Programs for which college/candidates has to apply within 2070 Poush 30</strong></span></div>
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	1.Regular Grants</div>
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	2.Physical Facility Development</div>
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	3.Library Strengthening and Equipment Grants</div>
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	a.Grants for Purchasing Books</div>
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	b.Grants for Purchasing Furniture</div>
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	c.Grants for Purchasing Equipments</div>
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	4.Ph.D. Fellowship</div>
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	5.M.Phil. Fellowship</div>
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	6.M. Phil. Thesis Preparation Support</div>
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	7.Refresher Course/Capacity Development Program/ Research Methodology Training</div>
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	8.Mini-Research</div>
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	9.Visit by Professor in Higher Education Institutions</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Grants/Support for which candidates can apply anytime throughout the year</strong></span></div>
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	1.Thesis Support for Persons with Disabilities</div>
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	2.Partial Support for the PhD fellow</div>
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	3.Visit to Institutions of SAARC Countries for Special Study/ Research</div>
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	4.Travel Grants for Participation in Seminars/ Conferences</div>
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	5.Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference</div>
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	<em>(www.edusanjal.com)</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Teacher Service Commission Publishes Results&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
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	The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has published result of written examination of Teacher service commission of Midwestern Development Region, Far western development region and Western Development Region. TSC published results of these regions in three instalments- on 26, 28 and 29th &nbsp; November.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Dr Malla Awarded Scholarship&nbsp;by Australian Agency</strong></span></div>
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	The International Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group of Australian College of Emergency Medicine has awarded Prof Dr. Gyanendra Malla for its scholarship (Fellowship in Emergency Medicine) from Nepal. &nbsp;Dr Malla is among four the scholarship candidates selected. Other candidates are from Myanmar, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Dr Malla heads the General Practice and Emergency Medicine department at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Results of Grade 12 Supplementary Exams</strong></span></div>
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	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) on Thursday published result of grade 12 supplementary exam of all the faculties. According to the HSEB, 25,715 students out of 29,911 (85.97%) passed the examination. As per the rule, students who failed in one subject will get chance to take supplementary exam.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>SLC Examinations to Begin from March 20</strong></span></div>
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	This year&rsquo;s School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examination is going to start from March 20. The meeting of the examination committee of the SLC board held on 29th November decided the dates for the exams. &nbsp;The exams will be held for nine days. &nbsp;Around 600,000 students are expected to take their SLC exams.&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>ROUTINE</strong></span></div>
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	&bull;Compulsory English: 2070 March 20, Thursday</div>
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	&bull;Compulsory Nepali: 2070 March 21, Friday</div>
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	&bull;Compulsory Mathematics: 2070 March 23, Sunday</div>
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	&bull;Compulsory Science: 2070 March 24, Monday</div>
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	&bull;Compulsory Social Studies: 2070 March 25, Tuesday</div>
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	&bull;Compulsory Health Education and Environment: 2070 March 26, Wednesday</div>
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	&bull;Optional Paper First: 2070 March 27, Thursday</div>
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	&bull;Optional Paper Second: 2070 March 28, Friday</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Convocation Ceremony of TU and KU</strong></span></div>
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	The 39th Convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University (TU) is scheduled to be held on December 27th, 2013. Students from various stream including humanities and social sciences, education, science and technology, forestry, included in the grace list will participate in the 39th convocation of the University. The 38th convocation of Tribhuvan University was held on Dasharash stadium, Tripureshwor Kathmandu.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Similarly, Kathmandu University (KU) has also announced its 19th convocation ceremony. Convocation ceremony is scheduled on different dates for different faculties. According to the notice, the convocation ceremony will be held on December 12, 2013 at Kathmandu University, Kavre for School of Arts, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Management and School of Science. Meanwhile, Convocation Ceremony for School of Medical Sciences will be held on December 20, 2013 at School of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu University, Kavre.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">IM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The report, published by webportal - www.TopMBA.com - highlights four distinct categories of business school in terms of employer recognition: Elite Global, Emerging Global, Elite Regional, Emerging Regional. It said that B-school graduates from India are the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Students at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (780) and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (767) have the highest average GMAT scores in the world, well ahead of the leading US institution Stanford (730), and INSEAD in Europe (704), the report said.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	The ratings provide a detailed overview of the most popular business schools around the world, based on details provided to QS by over 3,300 employers who actively recruit MBA graduates. The report is based on 4,318 responses from recruiters, making it the largest survey of its kind.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Of the 39 leading institutions to make the Elite Global category, 15 are from the US, Canada (7), UK (3), Spain (3), France and Singapore 2 each, and one each from India, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Denmark.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	Apart from IIM Ahmedabad, two Asian B-Schools which have made in to the Elite Global category are INSEAD Singapore and NUS Business School, National University of Singapore.<em> (ibnlive.in.com)</em></div>',
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	When it comes to higher studies, Kathmandu always has remained first choice of students. Availability of various facilities and faculties, students prefer moving to Kathmandu to pursue graduate or post graduate studies. And some of them even enter capital for better higher secondary schools that provide quality education. However, times have changed. It&rsquo;s not necessary to leave home in search of good education. Here are two best business schools outside the capital and that too in the western part of the nation. Anyone looking for pursuing business studies can depend on these institutions for all they need from a business school. Yes, if you are from west and looking for pursuing your career further in business sector, you don&rsquo;t have to look farther than your own region. Here are the two best B-Schools of Western Region.&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
	<p>
		<br />
		<img alt="Tillotama College" src="/userfiles/images/tc.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 164px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>
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<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tilottama Campus</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Tilottama campus was established in 1996 as the first private college in Rupandehi. It has been established by a team of dedicated, experienced and enterprising academicians witha motive to cater for the growing demands of parents and students in the higher education by providing quality education.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been running +2 programme in science and management in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Nepal since its establishment. &nbsp;Similarly, it is also running Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) programme in affiliation with Pokhara University. It has plans to launch Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in the near future.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been imparting quality education since its establishment. Its +2 program has been performing exceptionally well and has maintained good results in Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) examinations for the past 16 years. Considering its performance, HSEB has awarded it time and again for excellence.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Its graduate program has also been equally qualitative. The college feels proud on the high success rate of its BBA students who have been among some of the university toppers for several years. Many of the college pass outs have been employed in reputed corporate houses and organizations. Their recruitment and placement in those organizations speaks for the quality of its BBA program.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Faculty members at the college are well experienced with a substantial network outreach with the industrial and commercial sector. These attributes has ensured that any Tillotama&rsquo;s BBA course student acquire practical and theoretical education and pave way for a successful career in management.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located in the heart of Butwal, Yogikuti, the college has adequate physical infrastructures along with, spacious ground, garden and international standard basket ball court. It has a well equipped science laboratory, computer lab and well &nbsp;furnished library that &nbsp;has text books, research journals and reference materials that provide the students with secured and effective setting for their learning and development.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="Crimson College of Technology" src="/userfiles/images/cct.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 247px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Crimson College of Technology</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Crimson College of Technology (CCT) is an academic institution that has been providing high-tech education in Butwal, Rupandehi since 2000 AD. Established by a group of dedicated academicians from diverse educational backgrounds, the college provides academic courses for Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.PHARM), BBA, BCA and BCIS affiliated to Pokhara University (PU).&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	CCT is distinguished as &nbsp;an &ldquo;A Grade College in Employment&rdquo; &nbsp;in the region. &nbsp;Along with providing industry endorsed education, CCT is committed to inclusive quality assurance culture. It has developed a number of policies and procedures to ensure that the courses and services are of the highest quality in pharmacy education. The college is located in the heart of the city and is linked with East-West highway.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The vision of the CCT is to help, develop and produce competent graduates that are groomed to deliver the ever increasing demands of corporate sector around the globe. Its motto &ldquo;vt prosim&rdquo; meaning &lsquo;let me be useful&rsquo; reflects it objective. Along with academics, the college also stresses on imparting self-discipline, human and spiritual values to the students for their holistic development and change.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	For continuing its promise of providing state of the art educational environment and syllabus, the institution has been adopting best practices in the area and in-sourcing technologies to aid in their academic courses.</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis. Responding to this necessity, recently a complete course on Crisis Management has been introduced in Nepal for the first time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Samarpan Academy - Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS) has launched Masters Degree in Crisis Management &nbsp;course &lsquo;Masters in Crisis Management&rsquo; (MCM) in affiliation with &nbsp;Tribhuwan University. The college&rsquo;s management is presided by Dr Ram Thapaliya, a PhD holder in Crisis Management. Balananda Sharma, fLieutenant General (Rtd) of Nepal Army, is the principal of the college. Sharma played key role in the management, rehabilitation and integration of the Maoist combatants as coordinator of the secretariat of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Other key figures behind the college are Former Inspector General of Police Sanat Basnet, Immediate past President of &nbsp;Federation of Nepalese Chambers of commerce and Industry (FNCCI) &nbsp;Kush Kumar Joshi, Nepali Congress Leader Nabindra Raj Joshi, UCPN-Maoist leader Khimlal Devkota, CPN UML Leader Shanti Adhikari and Dr. Shivaji Yadav..&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Elaborating on the objective of the institution, Principal Sharma said that the sole motive behind introducing the course is to minimize consequences of crisis by managing it &nbsp;rather than to make profit. &ldquo;This is an experience sharing institute,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If a crisis can be managed systematically, we can minimize the consequences a lot.&rdquo; Sharma claims that Crisis Management students are salable in international market too.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Course Specs</strong></div>
<div>
	Students who have completed &nbsp;bachelor&rsquo;s level with at least 2nd division are eligible to enroll for this course. The course includes basic knowledge on crisis management, various types of crisis that Nepal has been through and case studies on various international crisis incidents. The college is planning to enroll 20-30 students in its first batch and has long term plans to extend its capacity to enroll 40-50 students in each batch.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>International Students&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The college is looking forward to teach international students too. &ldquo;Developed countries in west want to study about developing countries as the latter face different types of crisis,&rdquo; Sharma says adding, &ldquo;International teachers too want to come here to teach this course&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Fee Structure</strong></div>
<div>
	Four-semester course fee for a Nepali student is set at Rs 515,500. Similarly, it is Rs 817,600 for students from SAARC region and USD 10,000 for students from other countries. &ldquo;There is a provision for scholarship for genuine and needy,&rdquo; said Sharma.&nbsp;</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	F<span style="font-size: 12px;">ar West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed. &nbsp;The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08. Similarly, the government has allocated 120 million rupees in the next fiscal year for the Far Western University and the medical college projects. Dr. Bhim Singh Tingkari, Executive Director of Geta Medical College Development Committee said that the project could not be implemented due to government&#39;s inability to allocate the total approximate budget of Rs 5 billion for the project.&nbsp;</span></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Dr. Tingkri said that the new committee formed in 2012 under the chairmanship of Chetraj Panta had started working on the project with an objective of opening the medical college within three years for public service. He said that land needed for the medical college has been acquired and environmental impact study of the project is underway. He further added that &quot;Building Design Authority&quot; has been assigned with the responsibility to prepare the master plan including project implementation and cost and time frame analysis. Dr. Tingkri said that the master plan will be ready by January and additional work will be carried out accordingly.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The dedication shown by the new committee has brought hopes in the local people. This fiscal year the government has allocated 45 million rupees for this project. The budget has been utilized in conducting environmental impact assessment, in constructing fences around the project site and in preparing the master plan. However, if the project is to complete in time, the government should ensure that adequate budget is allocated in the coming fiscal year, Dr. Tingkri said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Back at the ministry, Under Secretary Thapaliya said that this medical college project is in government&#39;s priority list and expressed confidence that it will receive adequate attention in the coming fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. The ministry is aware that the Far Western Development Region is in need of a fully government owned medical college, Thapaliya said adding that the ministry will therefore provide full support in completing the project.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Depending on the availability of budget and the fulfillment of the commitment expressed by stakeholders, the project could be completed in three years, Dr. Tingkri said. The medical college has initiated process for Expression of Interest at the ministry, the ministry informed.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Guru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham of India had taken initiation for constructing a medical college in Far Western Region, way back in 1999. Following the initiatives taken by the committee presided by him, the government had handed over 51 hectares of land for the college. However, the project remained in limbo due to budget shortages and a corresponding delay in the implementation.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Far West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed.  The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08.',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19. &nbsp;Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties. In this issue, The Corporate has analyzed manifestos of these political parties to find out what they intend to do in education sector. Here are the salient pledges made:&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN (Maoist)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;20 percent of total budget for education sector</div>
<div>
	&bull;Increasing quality of public education</div>
<div>
	&bull;Controlling commerciali-zation in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;One university in each federal state</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN-UML</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending unproductive education system</div>
<div>
	&bull;All-accessible primary schools</div>
<div>
	&bull;Concept of residential school</div>
<div>
	&bull;Grading system instead of existing percentage-based ranking system</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepali Congress</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Making teachers responsible towards exams results</div>
<div>
	&bull;Mobilizing the available resources from former students</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory and free education up to grade 12</div>
<div>
	&bull;Making private education institutions responsible and safe</div>
<div>
	&bull;Providing full scholarships to female Dalit student for Engineering and Medicine subjects.</div>
<div>
	&bull;Open University to be established for ensuring higher education for underprivileged.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Rastriya Prajatantra Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending politicization in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;To establish national commission for improving education sector.</div>
<div>
	&bull;A model public school in every VDC</div>',
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			'title' => 'Top Hospitality Colleges In Town',
			'sub_title' => '',
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	Tourism is an important aspect of Nepal&rsquo;s economy and the state has kept the sector in its priority. Massive investment is being made in the sector from domestic as well as foreign investors. Ease of investment in the sector is attaracting renowned world-class hospitality service providers to this exclusive Himalayan nation. Corresponding to these &nbsp;increase in the number of hotels and resorts across the country, a relative increase in employment opportunities in the hospitality industry is inevitable in the near future.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Demand for highly skilled and semi-skilled hospitality industry professionals including managers, chefs, waiters, housekeepers, maids etc., seems inevitable. There are number of colleges across the country that are wrangling their muscles to meet this demand of producing productive and efficient hospitality industry professionals.Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHAM) and International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) are two of the most prominent institutions in Nepal that have earned reputation in this area.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<img alt="NATHAM" src="/userfiles/images/nathm%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 267px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHAM)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHM) has been providing &nbsp;Tourism &amp; Hotel Management Education for the past four decades This institution was established by the government in 1972 with the technical assistance of UNDP and ILO, with the sole objective of producing skilled workforce correspondin to the requirement of the hospitality and tourism industry. Since its inception the Academy has consistently produced qualified and highly skilled human resources that have in turn enhanced quality and standards of the tourism and hospitality services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATH started as vocational training institute that primarily provided craft and supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings.Twenty seven years after its establishment, the Academy finally braced up to provide advanced academic courses in the niche. Corresponding to the demands of the sector, in consultations with industry experts, it started three-years &ldquo;Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM)&rdquo; Course in 1999. &nbsp;Four years down the road, the academy launched three-year-long &ldquo;Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM)&rdquo;. Both of these courses, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, are aimed to fulfill the needs of supervisory-level manpower in the niche. Within a short span of time, these courses are recognized and renowned across South Asia.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATHAM has established itself as one of the top colleges for hospitality in South Asia. It has well experienced and renowned faculty members, well developed curriculum and business links all over the world. The academy has plans to open up 4-star hotel that would bring industry and institution on the same platform while providing internships to its students as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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						<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Vijaya Shrestha, Director" src="/userfiles/images/us%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 135px;" />Ujjwal Satyal, HOD</span></strong></div>
					<div>
						The first thing a student should do is make sure the college has a well developed and updated syllabus along with experienced faculty members to facilitate. Realtime relationship of the faculties with the business world are equally important to consider. Along with this, infrastructure of the college should also be considered as a metric for evaluating a college. NATHAM is proud to provide all of these to its student while providing supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings that correspond to industry&rsquo;s demands.&nbsp;</div>
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						&nbsp;</div>
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<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="IST" src="/userfiles/images/ist%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 360px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) was established in the year 2003 with an objective to produce world class human resources for the hospitality industry. The school offers various world class academic degrees and training packages. Affiliated to Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS), Austria, IST aims at developing practical, managerial and excellent communication skills by preparing each individual student for a successful career in the hospitality industry.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;It claims to be a center for excellence in hospitality education that provides an enterprising and stimulating environment in which students can learn and develop their potential. The structure of the academic program ensures an international approach to teaching by combining management theory with practical experience. It offers Ministry of Education and Sports approved courses that range from Diploma, Higher Diploma, and Bachelor&rsquo;s level courses in hospitality. Since its inception, the school has established cooperation with numerous national and international universities including in Singapore, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States of America.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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					<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Samjhana Basnyat, Principal" src="/userfiles/images/ss%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 138px;" />Samjhana Basnyat, Principal</strong></span></div>
				<div>
					<div>
						The first thing students should keep in mind while choosing a college, is the affiliation of the college. They should consider whether or not the degree would be of high value in the job market. Infrastructure, course syllabus, reputation of the organisation and reception of its products in the targeted industry are other important factors. We are looking forward to further upgrade our quality standards and add post graduate level courses to our existing world class courses.</div>
					<div>
						&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</p>',
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			'title' => 'Chitwan’s B-school',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Bhawani Timilsina</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration). The vision of PCMA is to complement applied business studies with practice and make students globally competent. It also has the vision to promote self confidence, self dependence, moral behaviour and a focus on student-teacher and parent relations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have the latest university curriculum and teaching methodologies, coupled with Nepali values and ethics that distinguish us from others,&rdquo; says Prakash Dhoj Adhikari, Chairman of the college. The college has also won the best college outside the valley award from New Business Age Pvt. Ltd. &ldquo;Presidency College of Management and Science has been dedicated towards quality education for 15 years and we feel great today great to be appreciated,&rdquo; Adhikari says.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Presidency College of Management Sciences" src="/userfiles/images/bscw.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 250px; height: 298px;" />In the beginning, it was very difficult for organizations to take any initiative for business education. Lack of infrastructure, adequate managerial institutions and quality education forced Nepali students to travel to other cities. PCMS has been trying to fill the vacuum by being a competent substitute. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college provides students with opportunity to visit various industries to broaden classroom understanding. &ldquo;We have built an extensive relationship with major corporate houses in the country,&rdquo; says Adhikari.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college also organizes various workshops on public speaking, business and professional writing skills, career planning, entrepreneurial skills development and training on financial and banking services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Considering the academic history and capacity of the students, PCMS also provides scholarships to deserving students.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college conducts research and consulting activities that help enrich the learning experience of students. &nbsp;Some of the projects that have been executed include a small business research on &lsquo;Consumer Behaviour Analysis and Retail Outlet&rsquo;, &lsquo;Analysis of CUG and its products&rsquo;, Event Management of HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Branded, and Event Management of&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&lsquo;Yamaha Mini-Mela&rsquo;. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The PCMS has organized seminars on account keeping, leadership development and training on stock market and banking system and procedure.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have excellent records of students engaged in different business activities in finance and banking industries, among others,&rdquo; says Adhikari. The college has recently opened an effective placement service cell that works as a meeting platform for students and has developed an excellent relationship with the corporate community. &nbsp;The cell also frequently organizes different programmes in collaboration with reputed organizations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="PRESIDENCY COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES" src="/userfiles/images/b-b.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 185px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration).',
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			'title' => 'Day Long Workshop By V.S. Niketan',
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			'content' => '<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	V.S. Niketan College organized &ldquo;A Day Long Workshop Programme&rdquo; in ALFA House, Baneshwor in association with the Landmark Consultancy. The topics of the workshop were related to emerging issues of the country in business. This practice-based paper presentation programme began at 9:30 am and went on till 5:30. The programme was chaired by prof Dr Haribhakta Neupane, the chairperson of V.S Education foundation. Some experts of management from different sectors were also present in the programme who shared their opinions to the programme.<br />
	<br />
	KFA School of Management, Quest International College, Kathmandu College of Management and V.S Niketan College actively participated and presented their respective papers on various emerging issues of the nation like- &lsquo;Brain Drain&rsquo;, &lsquo;Conflict Management&rsquo;, &lsquo;Crisis Management&rsquo; and &lsquo;Banking Mergers&rsquo;. The programme had three phases- inauguration, paper presentation, and group discussion.<br />
	<br />
	This workshop programme was supported by the sponsors- Nepal Bank Ltd., Everest Bank Ltd., Sunrise Press, Buddha Publication, and Distributers and the official media partners &lsquo;The Corporate Weekly&rsquo; and Radio Shepherd 88.4 MHz. Kathford College won the first prize of the best presenter team. Neekita Sinnya from KFA School of Management won the honour and prize of the best presenter of the one-day long workshop.</p>',
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			'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years&rsquo; bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. &nbsp;It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. &nbsp;We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. &nbsp;According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. &ldquo;The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,&rdquo; he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. &ldquo;We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;&ldquo;We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,&rdquo; says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. &ldquo;We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,&rdquo; says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking &amp; Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students&rsquo; ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,&rdquo; says Palikhe.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today',
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	<strong>By Bhawani Timalsina</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	With UK and US tightening noose over the VISA regulations, Australia has emerged as one of the most desirable place to study in recent years due to its friendly educational policies. In Australia, education comes third in the priority list and taking advantage of the system, Nepali students are now willing to persue their higher or specialised studies in this Emerald city. There are several consultancies in Nepal, which are providing a complete counseling for those who want to study in Australia.</p>
<p>
	According to Mahesh Babu Timalsina, General Secretary of ECAN, the introduction of Streamline Visa Processing (SVP) system has encouraged Nepali students to apply for VISAs in Australia. &ldquo;The VISA success rate has increased after the Australian High Commission in Delhi has introduced the SVP system,&rdquo; says Timalsina. The SAV means these applicants are treated as though they are lower migration risk regardless of their country of origin.</p>
<p>
	On the context of whether it is easy to get VISA for deserving students, he says, this is not a difficult job as the High Commission looks for students who can easily clear the Genuine Temporary Entrance (GTE) process, which is a short interview required by the Australian Department of Immigration to ascertain students&rsquo; admission into the universities and their general plan of action in the country.</p>
<p>
	Australia provides a variety of courses ranging from technical subjects such as engineering to the subjects in liberal arts and management. Students can apply in 42 universities in the country, of which two are private. Besides, students can also apply to hundreds of colleges affiliated to the universities. The Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University, University of Western Australia and University of Adelaide are some of renowned ones, also listed as Group 8 universities.</p>
<p>
	Most Australian education institutions are considered as the best in the world, given their record of graduates with successful careers. The Australian education system promotes creative and practical education &ndash; a combination, which every student look for. They can get related information directly from the university representatives who frequently participates in the education seminars in various parts of the country.</p>
<p>
	The fee structure and the entry requirement depends on the courses and on the universities. &ldquo;We suggest students to search for suitable courses and be self aware of their eligibility to apply. It is necessary for students to know whether their qualifications enable them to apply for the education course or not,&rdquo; Timalsina claims.</p>
<p>
	On average, the cost of education in Australia is Rs 800,000 to Rs 1.3 million per semester, including tuition fee and room and board. Despite the huge fee, part-time job facilities for students and full-time work permits for dependents continue to be key features that attract students toward Australia. &ldquo;However, we would not encourage students to focus merely on their job; they should also give priority to their education rather than work to achieve their goals,&rdquo; Timalsina says.</p>
<p>
	Students can apply for Post Study Work (PSW) VISA to gain work experience in their field as soon as they graduate. Students who complete their bachelor&rsquo;s or master&rsquo;s degrees get two years of work permit while PhD graduates are granted four-year permits. &ldquo;Students urge to know more about the Permanent Residency (PR) system which I think is a vague term. However, students can get their PR permit after completing postgraduate studies. We advise students to get training in housekeeping, cooking or other hospitality skills so they can acquire part-time jobs easily,&rdquo; says Timalsina.</p>
<p>
	It is usually advisable that students have a proper plan of study and work to overcome difficulties. Applying for an educational degree in Australia requires huge investment and negligence towards study can easily ruin one&rsquo;s future.</p>
<p>
	&ldquo;They should be careful about visa processing responsibilities even after getting a student visa,&rdquo; Timalsina warns. The application at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is conducted online and should be done at least three months prior to the expiry of the student&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>
	<strong>(More about studying in Australia can be learned from the websites www.studyinaustralia.gov. au and <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au">www.immi.gov.au</a>)</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Study in Australia Seminars</strong></p>
<p>
	University of Western Sydney (UWS), an Australian university, organised an education fair in Kathmandu last week for Nepali students interested in pursuing higher education in Australia. The programme provided an opportunity to Nepali students to interact with the representatives of the university. Students with genuine qualification and documents were encouraged to check for their eligibility for Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP). Students wanting to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were encouraged to lodge applications for the SVP after receiving a Confirmation of Enrollment letter from the Australian university.</p>
<p>
	Global Reach, an education consultancy, organized the Australian Education Exhibition at Hotel de l &rsquo;Annapurna in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu last week. Around 20 reputed universities from Australia participated in the event to inform students about courses and the enrollment process. Swinburne University, Murdoch University, University of Western Sydney and The University of Adelaide were some of the participating institutions.</p>
<p>
	Students are attracted towards an Australian education as the country has introduced the Post Study Work Permit (PSWP) scheme for international students, allowing them to work full time in Australia after the completion of their degree. &ldquo;Students got an opportunity to know about the enrollment process and courses thoroughly from the exhibition,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Julia Shelley, Senior Regional Manager of UWS.</p>',
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	Amar Singh Namuna Higher Secondary School of Pokhara bagged the first prize of the National Level Quiz contest 2013. Golden Gate College followed second and Prerana Higher Secondary School of Chitwan finished at the third position. The grand finale of the competition was organised at the Radisson Hotel. The programme was organised by Saujanya Media with the support of High School Education Council and the Association of Higher Secondary Schools. &nbsp;Winners were awarded with certificates and trophy. The organisers also conferred awards to different personalities for their contribution to the education sector.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">White-House Fiesta Concludes</span></strong></div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="White-House Fiesta" src="/userfiles/images/whf.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 102px;" /></span></strong></div>
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<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">ICAN Results Out</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Results of the exam taken by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) last June were announced last Thursday. Four hundred and fourty-two students passed out of 525 (84.19%) in the &lsquo;foundation level&rsquo; Cap-I (new curriculum) and 49 out of 170 students (28.82%) passed in same level&rsquo;s old curriculum. Similarly, 158 out of 901students (17.54%) passed in the &lsquo;intermediate level&rsquo;. Likewise, 32 out of 242 students (13.22%) passed in the &lsquo;final level&rsquo;. Results can be accessed in www.icaan.org.np.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TU Results Published</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="TU" src="/userfiles/images/tu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 90px;" />The Tribhuvan University Examinations Controller&rsquo;s Office on Thursday published the results of MA second year in Population Studies under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences conducted in November/December 2012.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The results can be viewed at www.educationsansar.com, www.edusanjal.com and www.tu.ntc.net.np, according to the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">HSEB Publishes XII Science Results</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) published the results of Grade XII science stream on Tuesday. According to HSEB, 75 per cent of students passed the examination conducted from April 30-May 12 earlier this year. A total of 33, 566 had appeared for the examination out of which 25,236 students passed the exams. Last year, the percentage of students passing the exam was 72 per cent. Likewise, 6,349 students appeared under the partial category of which 3,266 passed out. The HSEB, however, has cancelled the results of 24 students. The board informed that the results of other faculties will be announced in the Nepali month of Bhadra.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">KU MBA in Rural Areas</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="KUSOM" src="/userfiles/images/kumba.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />According to the new curriculum the Kathmandu School University of Management (KUSOM) has introduced, MBA students now have to go on field visits to rural areas compulsorily for 2 to 4 weeks. &ldquo;This change has been made in the curriculum to make students understand rural business,&rdquo; said Prof Subas KC, Dean of KUSOM, in a programme organised in the capital on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div>
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			'title' => 'What Are Grants/Support/Scholarships Provided By University Grants Commission Nepal?',
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	If you want to know about what are the support, grants or scholarships University Grant Commission of Nepal, provides to colleges, universities or faculties (Professors/Lecturers) or even students. Here are the main highlights.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Every year UGC announces application for the grants/supports and scholarships as listed below. For the academic year 2070, the commission has started collecting application/proposal and the deadline for some programmes ends on Poush 30.</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Programs for which college/candidates has to apply within 2070 Poush 30</strong></span></div>
<div>
	1.Regular Grants</div>
<div>
	2.Physical Facility Development</div>
<div>
	3.Library Strengthening and Equipment Grants</div>
<div>
	a.Grants for Purchasing Books</div>
<div>
	b.Grants for Purchasing Furniture</div>
<div>
	c.Grants for Purchasing Equipments</div>
<div>
	4.Ph.D. Fellowship</div>
<div>
	5.M.Phil. Fellowship</div>
<div>
	6.M. Phil. Thesis Preparation Support</div>
<div>
	7.Refresher Course/Capacity Development Program/ Research Methodology Training</div>
<div>
	8.Mini-Research</div>
<div>
	9.Visit by Professor in Higher Education Institutions</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Grants/Support for which candidates can apply anytime throughout the year</strong></span></div>
<div>
	1.Thesis Support for Persons with Disabilities</div>
<div>
	2.Partial Support for the PhD fellow</div>
<div>
	3.Visit to Institutions of SAARC Countries for Special Study/ Research</div>
<div>
	4.Travel Grants for Participation in Seminars/ Conferences</div>
<div>
	5.Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Teacher Service Commission Publishes Results&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has published result of written examination of Teacher service commission of Midwestern Development Region, Far western development region and Western Development Region. TSC published results of these regions in three instalments- on 26, 28 and 29th &nbsp; November.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Dr Malla Awarded Scholarship&nbsp;by Australian Agency</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group of Australian College of Emergency Medicine has awarded Prof Dr. Gyanendra Malla for its scholarship (Fellowship in Emergency Medicine) from Nepal. &nbsp;Dr Malla is among four the scholarship candidates selected. Other candidates are from Myanmar, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Dr Malla heads the General Practice and Emergency Medicine department at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Results of Grade 12 Supplementary Exams</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) on Thursday published result of grade 12 supplementary exam of all the faculties. According to the HSEB, 25,715 students out of 29,911 (85.97%) passed the examination. As per the rule, students who failed in one subject will get chance to take supplementary exam.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>SLC Examinations to Begin from March 20</strong></span></div>
<div>
	This year&rsquo;s School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examination is going to start from March 20. The meeting of the examination committee of the SLC board held on 29th November decided the dates for the exams. &nbsp;The exams will be held for nine days. &nbsp;Around 600,000 students are expected to take their SLC exams.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>ROUTINE</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory English: 2070 March 20, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Nepali: 2070 March 21, Friday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Mathematics: 2070 March 23, Sunday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Science: 2070 March 24, Monday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Social Studies: 2070 March 25, Tuesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Health Education and Environment: 2070 March 26, Wednesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper First: 2070 March 27, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper Second: 2070 March 28, Friday</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Convocation Ceremony of TU and KU</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The 39th Convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University (TU) is scheduled to be held on December 27th, 2013. Students from various stream including humanities and social sciences, education, science and technology, forestry, included in the grace list will participate in the 39th convocation of the University. The 38th convocation of Tribhuvan University was held on Dasharash stadium, Tripureshwor Kathmandu.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, Kathmandu University (KU) has also announced its 19th convocation ceremony. Convocation ceremony is scheduled on different dates for different faculties. According to the notice, the convocation ceremony will be held on December 12, 2013 at Kathmandu University, Kavre for School of Arts, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Management and School of Science. Meanwhile, Convocation Ceremony for School of Medical Sciences will be held on December 20, 2013 at School of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu University, Kavre.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">IM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The report, published by webportal - www.TopMBA.com - highlights four distinct categories of business school in terms of employer recognition: Elite Global, Emerging Global, Elite Regional, Emerging Regional. It said that B-school graduates from India are the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Students at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (780) and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (767) have the highest average GMAT scores in the world, well ahead of the leading US institution Stanford (730), and INSEAD in Europe (704), the report said.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The ratings provide a detailed overview of the most popular business schools around the world, based on details provided to QS by over 3,300 employers who actively recruit MBA graduates. The report is based on 4,318 responses from recruiters, making it the largest survey of its kind.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of the 39 leading institutions to make the Elite Global category, 15 are from the US, Canada (7), UK (3), Spain (3), France and Singapore 2 each, and one each from India, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Denmark.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Apart from IIM Ahmedabad, two Asian B-Schools which have made in to the Elite Global category are INSEAD Singapore and NUS Business School, National University of Singapore.<em> (ibnlive.in.com)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'IIM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world’s most academically distinguished.',
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			'title' => 'Best Business Schools Reach Out To West',
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	When it comes to higher studies, Kathmandu always has remained first choice of students. Availability of various facilities and faculties, students prefer moving to Kathmandu to pursue graduate or post graduate studies. And some of them even enter capital for better higher secondary schools that provide quality education. However, times have changed. It&rsquo;s not necessary to leave home in search of good education. Here are two best business schools outside the capital and that too in the western part of the nation. Anyone looking for pursuing business studies can depend on these institutions for all they need from a business school. Yes, if you are from west and looking for pursuing your career further in business sector, you don&rsquo;t have to look farther than your own region. Here are the two best B-Schools of Western Region.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
	<p>
		<br />
		<img alt="Tillotama College" src="/userfiles/images/tc.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 164px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>
</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tilottama Campus</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Tilottama campus was established in 1996 as the first private college in Rupandehi. It has been established by a team of dedicated, experienced and enterprising academicians witha motive to cater for the growing demands of parents and students in the higher education by providing quality education.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been running +2 programme in science and management in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Nepal since its establishment. &nbsp;Similarly, it is also running Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) programme in affiliation with Pokhara University. It has plans to launch Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in the near future.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been imparting quality education since its establishment. Its +2 program has been performing exceptionally well and has maintained good results in Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) examinations for the past 16 years. Considering its performance, HSEB has awarded it time and again for excellence.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Its graduate program has also been equally qualitative. The college feels proud on the high success rate of its BBA students who have been among some of the university toppers for several years. Many of the college pass outs have been employed in reputed corporate houses and organizations. Their recruitment and placement in those organizations speaks for the quality of its BBA program.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Faculty members at the college are well experienced with a substantial network outreach with the industrial and commercial sector. These attributes has ensured that any Tillotama&rsquo;s BBA course student acquire practical and theoretical education and pave way for a successful career in management.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located in the heart of Butwal, Yogikuti, the college has adequate physical infrastructures along with, spacious ground, garden and international standard basket ball court. It has a well equipped science laboratory, computer lab and well &nbsp;furnished library that &nbsp;has text books, research journals and reference materials that provide the students with secured and effective setting for their learning and development.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Crimson College of Technology" src="/userfiles/images/cct.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 247px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Crimson College of Technology</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Crimson College of Technology (CCT) is an academic institution that has been providing high-tech education in Butwal, Rupandehi since 2000 AD. Established by a group of dedicated academicians from diverse educational backgrounds, the college provides academic courses for Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.PHARM), BBA, BCA and BCIS affiliated to Pokhara University (PU).&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	CCT is distinguished as &nbsp;an &ldquo;A Grade College in Employment&rdquo; &nbsp;in the region. &nbsp;Along with providing industry endorsed education, CCT is committed to inclusive quality assurance culture. It has developed a number of policies and procedures to ensure that the courses and services are of the highest quality in pharmacy education. The college is located in the heart of the city and is linked with East-West highway.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The vision of the CCT is to help, develop and produce competent graduates that are groomed to deliver the ever increasing demands of corporate sector around the globe. Its motto &ldquo;vt prosim&rdquo; meaning &lsquo;let me be useful&rsquo; reflects it objective. Along with academics, the college also stresses on imparting self-discipline, human and spiritual values to the students for their holistic development and change.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	For continuing its promise of providing state of the art educational environment and syllabus, the institution has been adopting best practices in the area and in-sourcing technologies to aid in their academic courses.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Higher Studies In Crisis Management',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis. Responding to this necessity, recently a complete course on Crisis Management has been introduced in Nepal for the first time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Samarpan Academy - Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS) has launched Masters Degree in Crisis Management &nbsp;course &lsquo;Masters in Crisis Management&rsquo; (MCM) in affiliation with &nbsp;Tribhuwan University. The college&rsquo;s management is presided by Dr Ram Thapaliya, a PhD holder in Crisis Management. Balananda Sharma, fLieutenant General (Rtd) of Nepal Army, is the principal of the college. Sharma played key role in the management, rehabilitation and integration of the Maoist combatants as coordinator of the secretariat of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Other key figures behind the college are Former Inspector General of Police Sanat Basnet, Immediate past President of &nbsp;Federation of Nepalese Chambers of commerce and Industry (FNCCI) &nbsp;Kush Kumar Joshi, Nepali Congress Leader Nabindra Raj Joshi, UCPN-Maoist leader Khimlal Devkota, CPN UML Leader Shanti Adhikari and Dr. Shivaji Yadav..&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Elaborating on the objective of the institution, Principal Sharma said that the sole motive behind introducing the course is to minimize consequences of crisis by managing it &nbsp;rather than to make profit. &ldquo;This is an experience sharing institute,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If a crisis can be managed systematically, we can minimize the consequences a lot.&rdquo; Sharma claims that Crisis Management students are salable in international market too.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Course Specs</strong></div>
<div>
	Students who have completed &nbsp;bachelor&rsquo;s level with at least 2nd division are eligible to enroll for this course. The course includes basic knowledge on crisis management, various types of crisis that Nepal has been through and case studies on various international crisis incidents. The college is planning to enroll 20-30 students in its first batch and has long term plans to extend its capacity to enroll 40-50 students in each batch.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>International Students&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The college is looking forward to teach international students too. &ldquo;Developed countries in west want to study about developing countries as the latter face different types of crisis,&rdquo; Sharma says adding, &ldquo;International teachers too want to come here to teach this course&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Fee Structure</strong></div>
<div>
	Four-semester course fee for a Nepali student is set at Rs 515,500. Similarly, it is Rs 817,600 for students from SAARC region and USD 10,000 for students from other countries. &ldquo;There is a provision for scholarship for genuine and needy,&rdquo; said Sharma.&nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis.',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	F<span style="font-size: 12px;">ar West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed. &nbsp;The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08. Similarly, the government has allocated 120 million rupees in the next fiscal year for the Far Western University and the medical college projects. Dr. Bhim Singh Tingkari, Executive Director of Geta Medical College Development Committee said that the project could not be implemented due to government&#39;s inability to allocate the total approximate budget of Rs 5 billion for the project.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Dr. Tingkri said that the new committee formed in 2012 under the chairmanship of Chetraj Panta had started working on the project with an objective of opening the medical college within three years for public service. He said that land needed for the medical college has been acquired and environmental impact study of the project is underway. He further added that &quot;Building Design Authority&quot; has been assigned with the responsibility to prepare the master plan including project implementation and cost and time frame analysis. Dr. Tingkri said that the master plan will be ready by January and additional work will be carried out accordingly.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The dedication shown by the new committee has brought hopes in the local people. This fiscal year the government has allocated 45 million rupees for this project. The budget has been utilized in conducting environmental impact assessment, in constructing fences around the project site and in preparing the master plan. However, if the project is to complete in time, the government should ensure that adequate budget is allocated in the coming fiscal year, Dr. Tingkri said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Back at the ministry, Under Secretary Thapaliya said that this medical college project is in government&#39;s priority list and expressed confidence that it will receive adequate attention in the coming fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. The ministry is aware that the Far Western Development Region is in need of a fully government owned medical college, Thapaliya said adding that the ministry will therefore provide full support in completing the project.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Depending on the availability of budget and the fulfillment of the commitment expressed by stakeholders, the project could be completed in three years, Dr. Tingkri said. The medical college has initiated process for Expression of Interest at the ministry, the ministry informed.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Guru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham of India had taken initiation for constructing a medical college in Far Western Region, way back in 1999. Following the initiatives taken by the committee presided by him, the government had handed over 51 hectares of land for the college. However, the project remained in limbo due to budget shortages and a corresponding delay in the implementation.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Far West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed.  The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08.',
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			'title' => 'Education In Political Parties’ Manifesto',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19. &nbsp;Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties. In this issue, The Corporate has analyzed manifestos of these political parties to find out what they intend to do in education sector. Here are the salient pledges made:&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN (Maoist)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;20 percent of total budget for education sector</div>
<div>
	&bull;Increasing quality of public education</div>
<div>
	&bull;Controlling commerciali-zation in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;One university in each federal state</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN-UML</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending unproductive education system</div>
<div>
	&bull;All-accessible primary schools</div>
<div>
	&bull;Concept of residential school</div>
<div>
	&bull;Grading system instead of existing percentage-based ranking system</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepali Congress</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Making teachers responsible towards exams results</div>
<div>
	&bull;Mobilizing the available resources from former students</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory and free education up to grade 12</div>
<div>
	&bull;Making private education institutions responsible and safe</div>
<div>
	&bull;Providing full scholarships to female Dalit student for Engineering and Medicine subjects.</div>
<div>
	&bull;Open University to be established for ensuring higher education for underprivileged.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Rastriya Prajatantra Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending politicization in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;To establish national commission for improving education sector.</div>
<div>
	&bull;A model public school in every VDC</div>',
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			'description' => 'Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19.  Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties',
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			'id' => '2035',
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			'title' => 'Top Hospitality Colleges In Town',
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			'content' => '<div>
	Tourism is an important aspect of Nepal&rsquo;s economy and the state has kept the sector in its priority. Massive investment is being made in the sector from domestic as well as foreign investors. Ease of investment in the sector is attaracting renowned world-class hospitality service providers to this exclusive Himalayan nation. Corresponding to these &nbsp;increase in the number of hotels and resorts across the country, a relative increase in employment opportunities in the hospitality industry is inevitable in the near future.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Demand for highly skilled and semi-skilled hospitality industry professionals including managers, chefs, waiters, housekeepers, maids etc., seems inevitable. There are number of colleges across the country that are wrangling their muscles to meet this demand of producing productive and efficient hospitality industry professionals.Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHAM) and International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) are two of the most prominent institutions in Nepal that have earned reputation in this area.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<img alt="NATHAM" src="/userfiles/images/nathm%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 267px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHAM)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHM) has been providing &nbsp;Tourism &amp; Hotel Management Education for the past four decades This institution was established by the government in 1972 with the technical assistance of UNDP and ILO, with the sole objective of producing skilled workforce correspondin to the requirement of the hospitality and tourism industry. Since its inception the Academy has consistently produced qualified and highly skilled human resources that have in turn enhanced quality and standards of the tourism and hospitality services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATH started as vocational training institute that primarily provided craft and supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings.Twenty seven years after its establishment, the Academy finally braced up to provide advanced academic courses in the niche. Corresponding to the demands of the sector, in consultations with industry experts, it started three-years &ldquo;Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM)&rdquo; Course in 1999. &nbsp;Four years down the road, the academy launched three-year-long &ldquo;Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM)&rdquo;. Both of these courses, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, are aimed to fulfill the needs of supervisory-level manpower in the niche. Within a short span of time, these courses are recognized and renowned across South Asia.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATHAM has established itself as one of the top colleges for hospitality in South Asia. It has well experienced and renowned faculty members, well developed curriculum and business links all over the world. The academy has plans to open up 4-star hotel that would bring industry and institution on the same platform while providing internships to its students as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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						<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Vijaya Shrestha, Director" src="/userfiles/images/us%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 135px;" />Ujjwal Satyal, HOD</span></strong></div>
					<div>
						The first thing a student should do is make sure the college has a well developed and updated syllabus along with experienced faculty members to facilitate. Realtime relationship of the faculties with the business world are equally important to consider. Along with this, infrastructure of the college should also be considered as a metric for evaluating a college. NATHAM is proud to provide all of these to its student while providing supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings that correspond to industry&rsquo;s demands.&nbsp;</div>
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<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="IST" src="/userfiles/images/ist%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 360px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) was established in the year 2003 with an objective to produce world class human resources for the hospitality industry. The school offers various world class academic degrees and training packages. Affiliated to Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS), Austria, IST aims at developing practical, managerial and excellent communication skills by preparing each individual student for a successful career in the hospitality industry.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;It claims to be a center for excellence in hospitality education that provides an enterprising and stimulating environment in which students can learn and develop their potential. The structure of the academic program ensures an international approach to teaching by combining management theory with practical experience. It offers Ministry of Education and Sports approved courses that range from Diploma, Higher Diploma, and Bachelor&rsquo;s level courses in hospitality. Since its inception, the school has established cooperation with numerous national and international universities including in Singapore, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States of America.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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					<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Samjhana Basnyat, Principal" src="/userfiles/images/ss%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 138px;" />Samjhana Basnyat, Principal</strong></span></div>
				<div>
					<div>
						The first thing students should keep in mind while choosing a college, is the affiliation of the college. They should consider whether or not the degree would be of high value in the job market. Infrastructure, course syllabus, reputation of the organisation and reception of its products in the targeted industry are other important factors. We are looking forward to further upgrade our quality standards and add post graduate level courses to our existing world class courses.</div>
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						&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</p>',
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			'title' => 'Chitwan’s B-school',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Bhawani Timilsina</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration). The vision of PCMA is to complement applied business studies with practice and make students globally competent. It also has the vision to promote self confidence, self dependence, moral behaviour and a focus on student-teacher and parent relations.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have the latest university curriculum and teaching methodologies, coupled with Nepali values and ethics that distinguish us from others,&rdquo; says Prakash Dhoj Adhikari, Chairman of the college. The college has also won the best college outside the valley award from New Business Age Pvt. Ltd. &ldquo;Presidency College of Management and Science has been dedicated towards quality education for 15 years and we feel great today great to be appreciated,&rdquo; Adhikari says.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Presidency College of Management Sciences" src="/userfiles/images/bscw.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 250px; height: 298px;" />In the beginning, it was very difficult for organizations to take any initiative for business education. Lack of infrastructure, adequate managerial institutions and quality education forced Nepali students to travel to other cities. PCMS has been trying to fill the vacuum by being a competent substitute. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college provides students with opportunity to visit various industries to broaden classroom understanding. &ldquo;We have built an extensive relationship with major corporate houses in the country,&rdquo; says Adhikari.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college also organizes various workshops on public speaking, business and professional writing skills, career planning, entrepreneurial skills development and training on financial and banking services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Considering the academic history and capacity of the students, PCMS also provides scholarships to deserving students.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college conducts research and consulting activities that help enrich the learning experience of students. &nbsp;Some of the projects that have been executed include a small business research on &lsquo;Consumer Behaviour Analysis and Retail Outlet&rsquo;, &lsquo;Analysis of CUG and its products&rsquo;, Event Management of HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Branded, and Event Management of&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&lsquo;Yamaha Mini-Mela&rsquo;. &nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The PCMS has organized seminars on account keeping, leadership development and training on stock market and banking system and procedure.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have excellent records of students engaged in different business activities in finance and banking industries, among others,&rdquo; says Adhikari. The college has recently opened an effective placement service cell that works as a meeting platform for students and has developed an excellent relationship with the corporate community. &nbsp;The cell also frequently organizes different programmes in collaboration with reputed organizations.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<img alt="PRESIDENCY COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES" src="/userfiles/images/b-b.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 185px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></div>
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<p>
	V.S. Niketan College organized &ldquo;A Day Long Workshop Programme&rdquo; in ALFA House, Baneshwor in association with the Landmark Consultancy. The topics of the workshop were related to emerging issues of the country in business. This practice-based paper presentation programme began at 9:30 am and went on till 5:30. The programme was chaired by prof Dr Haribhakta Neupane, the chairperson of V.S Education foundation. Some experts of management from different sectors were also present in the programme who shared their opinions to the programme.<br />
	<br />
	KFA School of Management, Quest International College, Kathmandu College of Management and V.S Niketan College actively participated and presented their respective papers on various emerging issues of the nation like- &lsquo;Brain Drain&rsquo;, &lsquo;Conflict Management&rsquo;, &lsquo;Crisis Management&rsquo; and &lsquo;Banking Mergers&rsquo;. The programme had three phases- inauguration, paper presentation, and group discussion.<br />
	<br />
	This workshop programme was supported by the sponsors- Nepal Bank Ltd., Everest Bank Ltd., Sunrise Press, Buddha Publication, and Distributers and the official media partners &lsquo;The Corporate Weekly&rsquo; and Radio Shepherd 88.4 MHz. Kathford College won the first prize of the best presenter team. Neekita Sinnya from KFA School of Management won the honour and prize of the best presenter of the one-day long workshop.</p>',
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			'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years&rsquo; bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. &nbsp;It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. &nbsp;We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. &nbsp;According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. &ldquo;The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,&rdquo; he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. &ldquo;We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;&ldquo;We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,&rdquo; says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. &ldquo;We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,&rdquo; says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking &amp; Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students&rsquo; ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,&rdquo; says Palikhe.</div>',
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	<strong>By Bhawani Timalsina</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	With UK and US tightening noose over the VISA regulations, Australia has emerged as one of the most desirable place to study in recent years due to its friendly educational policies. In Australia, education comes third in the priority list and taking advantage of the system, Nepali students are now willing to persue their higher or specialised studies in this Emerald city. There are several consultancies in Nepal, which are providing a complete counseling for those who want to study in Australia.</p>
<p>
	According to Mahesh Babu Timalsina, General Secretary of ECAN, the introduction of Streamline Visa Processing (SVP) system has encouraged Nepali students to apply for VISAs in Australia. &ldquo;The VISA success rate has increased after the Australian High Commission in Delhi has introduced the SVP system,&rdquo; says Timalsina. The SAV means these applicants are treated as though they are lower migration risk regardless of their country of origin.</p>
<p>
	On the context of whether it is easy to get VISA for deserving students, he says, this is not a difficult job as the High Commission looks for students who can easily clear the Genuine Temporary Entrance (GTE) process, which is a short interview required by the Australian Department of Immigration to ascertain students&rsquo; admission into the universities and their general plan of action in the country.</p>
<p>
	Australia provides a variety of courses ranging from technical subjects such as engineering to the subjects in liberal arts and management. Students can apply in 42 universities in the country, of which two are private. Besides, students can also apply to hundreds of colleges affiliated to the universities. The Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University, University of Western Australia and University of Adelaide are some of renowned ones, also listed as Group 8 universities.</p>
<p>
	Most Australian education institutions are considered as the best in the world, given their record of graduates with successful careers. The Australian education system promotes creative and practical education &ndash; a combination, which every student look for. They can get related information directly from the university representatives who frequently participates in the education seminars in various parts of the country.</p>
<p>
	The fee structure and the entry requirement depends on the courses and on the universities. &ldquo;We suggest students to search for suitable courses and be self aware of their eligibility to apply. It is necessary for students to know whether their qualifications enable them to apply for the education course or not,&rdquo; Timalsina claims.</p>
<p>
	On average, the cost of education in Australia is Rs 800,000 to Rs 1.3 million per semester, including tuition fee and room and board. Despite the huge fee, part-time job facilities for students and full-time work permits for dependents continue to be key features that attract students toward Australia. &ldquo;However, we would not encourage students to focus merely on their job; they should also give priority to their education rather than work to achieve their goals,&rdquo; Timalsina says.</p>
<p>
	Students can apply for Post Study Work (PSW) VISA to gain work experience in their field as soon as they graduate. Students who complete their bachelor&rsquo;s or master&rsquo;s degrees get two years of work permit while PhD graduates are granted four-year permits. &ldquo;Students urge to know more about the Permanent Residency (PR) system which I think is a vague term. However, students can get their PR permit after completing postgraduate studies. We advise students to get training in housekeeping, cooking or other hospitality skills so they can acquire part-time jobs easily,&rdquo; says Timalsina.</p>
<p>
	It is usually advisable that students have a proper plan of study and work to overcome difficulties. Applying for an educational degree in Australia requires huge investment and negligence towards study can easily ruin one&rsquo;s future.</p>
<p>
	&ldquo;They should be careful about visa processing responsibilities even after getting a student visa,&rdquo; Timalsina warns. The application at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is conducted online and should be done at least three months prior to the expiry of the student&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>
	<strong>(More about studying in Australia can be learned from the websites www.studyinaustralia.gov. au and <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au">www.immi.gov.au</a>)</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Study in Australia Seminars</strong></p>
<p>
	University of Western Sydney (UWS), an Australian university, organised an education fair in Kathmandu last week for Nepali students interested in pursuing higher education in Australia. The programme provided an opportunity to Nepali students to interact with the representatives of the university. Students with genuine qualification and documents were encouraged to check for their eligibility for Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP). Students wanting to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were encouraged to lodge applications for the SVP after receiving a Confirmation of Enrollment letter from the Australian university.</p>
<p>
	Global Reach, an education consultancy, organized the Australian Education Exhibition at Hotel de l &rsquo;Annapurna in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu last week. Around 20 reputed universities from Australia participated in the event to inform students about courses and the enrollment process. Swinburne University, Murdoch University, University of Western Sydney and The University of Adelaide were some of the participating institutions.</p>
<p>
	Students are attracted towards an Australian education as the country has introduced the Post Study Work Permit (PSWP) scheme for international students, allowing them to work full time in Australia after the completion of their degree. &ldquo;Students got an opportunity to know about the enrollment process and courses thoroughly from the exhibition,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Julia Shelley, Senior Regional Manager of UWS.</p>',
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	Amar Singh Namuna Higher Secondary School of Pokhara bagged the first prize of the National Level Quiz contest 2013. Golden Gate College followed second and Prerana Higher Secondary School of Chitwan finished at the third position. The grand finale of the competition was organised at the Radisson Hotel. The programme was organised by Saujanya Media with the support of High School Education Council and the Association of Higher Secondary Schools. &nbsp;Winners were awarded with certificates and trophy. The organisers also conferred awards to different personalities for their contribution to the education sector.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">White-House Fiesta Concludes</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="White-House Fiesta" src="/userfiles/images/whf.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 102px;" /></span></strong></div>
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	&lsquo;White House Graduate School of Management&rsquo; (GSM) and &lsquo;Himalayan de Scientia&rsquo; organised the White House Inter-College B-Fiesta 2013 and 3rd Nationwide Science Fair 2013 respectively on 16th and 17th of August &nbsp;at the Trade Tower in Thapathali. The event targeted Intermediate, Bachelors and Masters level students, especially of management stream for the B-Fiesta and Science stream for the Science Fair. Both events were inaugurated on 16th August 2013 at the WhiteHouse GSM premises, 8thFloor, Trade Tower Thapathali by President Narendra Kumar Basnyat of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI). Various businessmen, educationists and college representatives participated in the programme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">ICAN Results Out</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Results of the exam taken by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) last June were announced last Thursday. Four hundred and fourty-two students passed out of 525 (84.19%) in the &lsquo;foundation level&rsquo; Cap-I (new curriculum) and 49 out of 170 students (28.82%) passed in same level&rsquo;s old curriculum. Similarly, 158 out of 901students (17.54%) passed in the &lsquo;intermediate level&rsquo;. Likewise, 32 out of 242 students (13.22%) passed in the &lsquo;final level&rsquo;. Results can be accessed in www.icaan.org.np.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TU Results Published</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="TU" src="/userfiles/images/tu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 90px;" />The Tribhuvan University Examinations Controller&rsquo;s Office on Thursday published the results of MA second year in Population Studies under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences conducted in November/December 2012.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The results can be viewed at www.educationsansar.com, www.edusanjal.com and www.tu.ntc.net.np, according to the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">HSEB Publishes XII Science Results</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) published the results of Grade XII science stream on Tuesday. According to HSEB, 75 per cent of students passed the examination conducted from April 30-May 12 earlier this year. A total of 33, 566 had appeared for the examination out of which 25,236 students passed the exams. Last year, the percentage of students passing the exam was 72 per cent. Likewise, 6,349 students appeared under the partial category of which 3,266 passed out. The HSEB, however, has cancelled the results of 24 students. The board informed that the results of other faculties will be announced in the Nepali month of Bhadra.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">KU MBA in Rural Areas</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="KUSOM" src="/userfiles/images/kumba.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />According to the new curriculum the Kathmandu School University of Management (KUSOM) has introduced, MBA students now have to go on field visits to rural areas compulsorily for 2 to 4 weeks. &ldquo;This change has been made in the curriculum to make students understand rural business,&rdquo; said Prof Subas KC, Dean of KUSOM, in a programme organised in the capital on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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			'title' => 'What Are Grants/Support/Scholarships Provided By University Grants Commission Nepal?',
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	If you want to know about what are the support, grants or scholarships University Grant Commission of Nepal, provides to colleges, universities or faculties (Professors/Lecturers) or even students. Here are the main highlights.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Every year UGC announces application for the grants/supports and scholarships as listed below. For the academic year 2070, the commission has started collecting application/proposal and the deadline for some programmes ends on Poush 30.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Programs for which college/candidates has to apply within 2070 Poush 30</strong></span></div>
<div>
	1.Regular Grants</div>
<div>
	2.Physical Facility Development</div>
<div>
	3.Library Strengthening and Equipment Grants</div>
<div>
	a.Grants for Purchasing Books</div>
<div>
	b.Grants for Purchasing Furniture</div>
<div>
	c.Grants for Purchasing Equipments</div>
<div>
	4.Ph.D. Fellowship</div>
<div>
	5.M.Phil. Fellowship</div>
<div>
	6.M. Phil. Thesis Preparation Support</div>
<div>
	7.Refresher Course/Capacity Development Program/ Research Methodology Training</div>
<div>
	8.Mini-Research</div>
<div>
	9.Visit by Professor in Higher Education Institutions</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Grants/Support for which candidates can apply anytime throughout the year</strong></span></div>
<div>
	1.Thesis Support for Persons with Disabilities</div>
<div>
	2.Partial Support for the PhD fellow</div>
<div>
	3.Visit to Institutions of SAARC Countries for Special Study/ Research</div>
<div>
	4.Travel Grants for Participation in Seminars/ Conferences</div>
<div>
	5.Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<em>(www.edusanjal.com)</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Teacher Service Commission Publishes Results&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has published result of written examination of Teacher service commission of Midwestern Development Region, Far western development region and Western Development Region. TSC published results of these regions in three instalments- on 26, 28 and 29th &nbsp; November.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Dr Malla Awarded Scholarship&nbsp;by Australian Agency</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group of Australian College of Emergency Medicine has awarded Prof Dr. Gyanendra Malla for its scholarship (Fellowship in Emergency Medicine) from Nepal. &nbsp;Dr Malla is among four the scholarship candidates selected. Other candidates are from Myanmar, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Dr Malla heads the General Practice and Emergency Medicine department at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Results of Grade 12 Supplementary Exams</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) on Thursday published result of grade 12 supplementary exam of all the faculties. According to the HSEB, 25,715 students out of 29,911 (85.97%) passed the examination. As per the rule, students who failed in one subject will get chance to take supplementary exam.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>SLC Examinations to Begin from March 20</strong></span></div>
<div>
	This year&rsquo;s School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examination is going to start from March 20. The meeting of the examination committee of the SLC board held on 29th November decided the dates for the exams. &nbsp;The exams will be held for nine days. &nbsp;Around 600,000 students are expected to take their SLC exams.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>ROUTINE</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory English: 2070 March 20, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Nepali: 2070 March 21, Friday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Mathematics: 2070 March 23, Sunday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Science: 2070 March 24, Monday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Social Studies: 2070 March 25, Tuesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Health Education and Environment: 2070 March 26, Wednesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper First: 2070 March 27, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper Second: 2070 March 28, Friday</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Convocation Ceremony of TU and KU</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The 39th Convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University (TU) is scheduled to be held on December 27th, 2013. Students from various stream including humanities and social sciences, education, science and technology, forestry, included in the grace list will participate in the 39th convocation of the University. The 38th convocation of Tribhuvan University was held on Dasharash stadium, Tripureshwor Kathmandu.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, Kathmandu University (KU) has also announced its 19th convocation ceremony. Convocation ceremony is scheduled on different dates for different faculties. According to the notice, the convocation ceremony will be held on December 12, 2013 at Kathmandu University, Kavre for School of Arts, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Management and School of Science. Meanwhile, Convocation Ceremony for School of Medical Sciences will be held on December 20, 2013 at School of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu University, Kavre.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">IM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The report, published by webportal - www.TopMBA.com - highlights four distinct categories of business school in terms of employer recognition: Elite Global, Emerging Global, Elite Regional, Emerging Regional. It said that B-school graduates from India are the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Students at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (780) and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (767) have the highest average GMAT scores in the world, well ahead of the leading US institution Stanford (730), and INSEAD in Europe (704), the report said.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The ratings provide a detailed overview of the most popular business schools around the world, based on details provided to QS by over 3,300 employers who actively recruit MBA graduates. The report is based on 4,318 responses from recruiters, making it the largest survey of its kind.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of the 39 leading institutions to make the Elite Global category, 15 are from the US, Canada (7), UK (3), Spain (3), France and Singapore 2 each, and one each from India, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Denmark.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Apart from IIM Ahmedabad, two Asian B-Schools which have made in to the Elite Global category are INSEAD Singapore and NUS Business School, National University of Singapore.<em> (ibnlive.in.com)</em></div>',
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			'description' => 'IIM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world’s most academically distinguished.',
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			'title' => 'Best Business Schools Reach Out To West',
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	When it comes to higher studies, Kathmandu always has remained first choice of students. Availability of various facilities and faculties, students prefer moving to Kathmandu to pursue graduate or post graduate studies. And some of them even enter capital for better higher secondary schools that provide quality education. However, times have changed. It&rsquo;s not necessary to leave home in search of good education. Here are two best business schools outside the capital and that too in the western part of the nation. Anyone looking for pursuing business studies can depend on these institutions for all they need from a business school. Yes, if you are from west and looking for pursuing your career further in business sector, you don&rsquo;t have to look farther than your own region. Here are the two best B-Schools of Western Region.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<p>
		<br />
		<img alt="Tillotama College" src="/userfiles/images/tc.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 164px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>
</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tilottama Campus</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Tilottama campus was established in 1996 as the first private college in Rupandehi. It has been established by a team of dedicated, experienced and enterprising academicians witha motive to cater for the growing demands of parents and students in the higher education by providing quality education.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been running +2 programme in science and management in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Nepal since its establishment. &nbsp;Similarly, it is also running Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) programme in affiliation with Pokhara University. It has plans to launch Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in the near future.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been imparting quality education since its establishment. Its +2 program has been performing exceptionally well and has maintained good results in Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) examinations for the past 16 years. Considering its performance, HSEB has awarded it time and again for excellence.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Its graduate program has also been equally qualitative. The college feels proud on the high success rate of its BBA students who have been among some of the university toppers for several years. Many of the college pass outs have been employed in reputed corporate houses and organizations. Their recruitment and placement in those organizations speaks for the quality of its BBA program.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Faculty members at the college are well experienced with a substantial network outreach with the industrial and commercial sector. These attributes has ensured that any Tillotama&rsquo;s BBA course student acquire practical and theoretical education and pave way for a successful career in management.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located in the heart of Butwal, Yogikuti, the college has adequate physical infrastructures along with, spacious ground, garden and international standard basket ball court. It has a well equipped science laboratory, computer lab and well &nbsp;furnished library that &nbsp;has text books, research journals and reference materials that provide the students with secured and effective setting for their learning and development.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Crimson College of Technology" src="/userfiles/images/cct.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 247px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Crimson College of Technology</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Crimson College of Technology (CCT) is an academic institution that has been providing high-tech education in Butwal, Rupandehi since 2000 AD. Established by a group of dedicated academicians from diverse educational backgrounds, the college provides academic courses for Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.PHARM), BBA, BCA and BCIS affiliated to Pokhara University (PU).&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	CCT is distinguished as &nbsp;an &ldquo;A Grade College in Employment&rdquo; &nbsp;in the region. &nbsp;Along with providing industry endorsed education, CCT is committed to inclusive quality assurance culture. It has developed a number of policies and procedures to ensure that the courses and services are of the highest quality in pharmacy education. The college is located in the heart of the city and is linked with East-West highway.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The vision of the CCT is to help, develop and produce competent graduates that are groomed to deliver the ever increasing demands of corporate sector around the globe. Its motto &ldquo;vt prosim&rdquo; meaning &lsquo;let me be useful&rsquo; reflects it objective. Along with academics, the college also stresses on imparting self-discipline, human and spiritual values to the students for their holistic development and change.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	For continuing its promise of providing state of the art educational environment and syllabus, the institution has been adopting best practices in the area and in-sourcing technologies to aid in their academic courses.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Higher Studies In Crisis Management',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis. Responding to this necessity, recently a complete course on Crisis Management has been introduced in Nepal for the first time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Samarpan Academy - Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS) has launched Masters Degree in Crisis Management &nbsp;course &lsquo;Masters in Crisis Management&rsquo; (MCM) in affiliation with &nbsp;Tribhuwan University. The college&rsquo;s management is presided by Dr Ram Thapaliya, a PhD holder in Crisis Management. Balananda Sharma, fLieutenant General (Rtd) of Nepal Army, is the principal of the college. Sharma played key role in the management, rehabilitation and integration of the Maoist combatants as coordinator of the secretariat of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Other key figures behind the college are Former Inspector General of Police Sanat Basnet, Immediate past President of &nbsp;Federation of Nepalese Chambers of commerce and Industry (FNCCI) &nbsp;Kush Kumar Joshi, Nepali Congress Leader Nabindra Raj Joshi, UCPN-Maoist leader Khimlal Devkota, CPN UML Leader Shanti Adhikari and Dr. Shivaji Yadav..&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Elaborating on the objective of the institution, Principal Sharma said that the sole motive behind introducing the course is to minimize consequences of crisis by managing it &nbsp;rather than to make profit. &ldquo;This is an experience sharing institute,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If a crisis can be managed systematically, we can minimize the consequences a lot.&rdquo; Sharma claims that Crisis Management students are salable in international market too.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Course Specs</strong></div>
<div>
	Students who have completed &nbsp;bachelor&rsquo;s level with at least 2nd division are eligible to enroll for this course. The course includes basic knowledge on crisis management, various types of crisis that Nepal has been through and case studies on various international crisis incidents. The college is planning to enroll 20-30 students in its first batch and has long term plans to extend its capacity to enroll 40-50 students in each batch.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>International Students&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The college is looking forward to teach international students too. &ldquo;Developed countries in west want to study about developing countries as the latter face different types of crisis,&rdquo; Sharma says adding, &ldquo;International teachers too want to come here to teach this course&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Fee Structure</strong></div>
<div>
	Four-semester course fee for a Nepali student is set at Rs 515,500. Similarly, it is Rs 817,600 for students from SAARC region and USD 10,000 for students from other countries. &ldquo;There is a provision for scholarship for genuine and needy,&rdquo; said Sharma.&nbsp;</div>',
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			'title' => 'Far West To Get Its  First Medical College',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	F<span style="font-size: 12px;">ar West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed. &nbsp;The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08. Similarly, the government has allocated 120 million rupees in the next fiscal year for the Far Western University and the medical college projects. Dr. Bhim Singh Tingkari, Executive Director of Geta Medical College Development Committee said that the project could not be implemented due to government&#39;s inability to allocate the total approximate budget of Rs 5 billion for the project.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Dr. Tingkri said that the new committee formed in 2012 under the chairmanship of Chetraj Panta had started working on the project with an objective of opening the medical college within three years for public service. He said that land needed for the medical college has been acquired and environmental impact study of the project is underway. He further added that &quot;Building Design Authority&quot; has been assigned with the responsibility to prepare the master plan including project implementation and cost and time frame analysis. Dr. Tingkri said that the master plan will be ready by January and additional work will be carried out accordingly.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The dedication shown by the new committee has brought hopes in the local people. This fiscal year the government has allocated 45 million rupees for this project. The budget has been utilized in conducting environmental impact assessment, in constructing fences around the project site and in preparing the master plan. However, if the project is to complete in time, the government should ensure that adequate budget is allocated in the coming fiscal year, Dr. Tingkri said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Back at the ministry, Under Secretary Thapaliya said that this medical college project is in government&#39;s priority list and expressed confidence that it will receive adequate attention in the coming fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. The ministry is aware that the Far Western Development Region is in need of a fully government owned medical college, Thapaliya said adding that the ministry will therefore provide full support in completing the project.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Depending on the availability of budget and the fulfillment of the commitment expressed by stakeholders, the project could be completed in three years, Dr. Tingkri said. The medical college has initiated process for Expression of Interest at the ministry, the ministry informed.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Guru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham of India had taken initiation for constructing a medical college in Far Western Region, way back in 1999. Following the initiatives taken by the committee presided by him, the government had handed over 51 hectares of land for the college. However, the project remained in limbo due to budget shortages and a corresponding delay in the implementation.</div>',
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			'description' => 'Far West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed.  The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08.',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19. &nbsp;Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties. In this issue, The Corporate has analyzed manifestos of these political parties to find out what they intend to do in education sector. Here are the salient pledges made:&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN (Maoist)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;20 percent of total budget for education sector</div>
<div>
	&bull;Increasing quality of public education</div>
<div>
	&bull;Controlling commerciali-zation in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;One university in each federal state</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN-UML</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending unproductive education system</div>
<div>
	&bull;All-accessible primary schools</div>
<div>
	&bull;Concept of residential school</div>
<div>
	&bull;Grading system instead of existing percentage-based ranking system</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepali Congress</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Making teachers responsible towards exams results</div>
<div>
	&bull;Mobilizing the available resources from former students</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory and free education up to grade 12</div>
<div>
	&bull;Making private education institutions responsible and safe</div>
<div>
	&bull;Providing full scholarships to female Dalit student for Engineering and Medicine subjects.</div>
<div>
	&bull;Open University to be established for ensuring higher education for underprivileged.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Rastriya Prajatantra Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending politicization in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;To establish national commission for improving education sector.</div>
<div>
	&bull;A model public school in every VDC</div>',
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			'description' => 'Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19.  Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties',
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			'title' => 'Top Hospitality Colleges In Town',
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	Tourism is an important aspect of Nepal&rsquo;s economy and the state has kept the sector in its priority. Massive investment is being made in the sector from domestic as well as foreign investors. Ease of investment in the sector is attaracting renowned world-class hospitality service providers to this exclusive Himalayan nation. Corresponding to these &nbsp;increase in the number of hotels and resorts across the country, a relative increase in employment opportunities in the hospitality industry is inevitable in the near future.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Demand for highly skilled and semi-skilled hospitality industry professionals including managers, chefs, waiters, housekeepers, maids etc., seems inevitable. There are number of colleges across the country that are wrangling their muscles to meet this demand of producing productive and efficient hospitality industry professionals.Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHAM) and International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) are two of the most prominent institutions in Nepal that have earned reputation in this area.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<img alt="NATHAM" src="/userfiles/images/nathm%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 267px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHAM)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHM) has been providing &nbsp;Tourism &amp; Hotel Management Education for the past four decades This institution was established by the government in 1972 with the technical assistance of UNDP and ILO, with the sole objective of producing skilled workforce correspondin to the requirement of the hospitality and tourism industry. Since its inception the Academy has consistently produced qualified and highly skilled human resources that have in turn enhanced quality and standards of the tourism and hospitality services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATH started as vocational training institute that primarily provided craft and supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings.Twenty seven years after its establishment, the Academy finally braced up to provide advanced academic courses in the niche. Corresponding to the demands of the sector, in consultations with industry experts, it started three-years &ldquo;Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM)&rdquo; Course in 1999. &nbsp;Four years down the road, the academy launched three-year-long &ldquo;Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM)&rdquo;. Both of these courses, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, are aimed to fulfill the needs of supervisory-level manpower in the niche. Within a short span of time, these courses are recognized and renowned across South Asia.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATHAM has established itself as one of the top colleges for hospitality in South Asia. It has well experienced and renowned faculty members, well developed curriculum and business links all over the world. The academy has plans to open up 4-star hotel that would bring industry and institution on the same platform while providing internships to its students as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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						<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Vijaya Shrestha, Director" src="/userfiles/images/us%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 135px;" />Ujjwal Satyal, HOD</span></strong></div>
					<div>
						The first thing a student should do is make sure the college has a well developed and updated syllabus along with experienced faculty members to facilitate. Realtime relationship of the faculties with the business world are equally important to consider. Along with this, infrastructure of the college should also be considered as a metric for evaluating a college. NATHAM is proud to provide all of these to its student while providing supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings that correspond to industry&rsquo;s demands.&nbsp;</div>
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						&nbsp;</div>
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<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="IST" src="/userfiles/images/ist%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 360px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) was established in the year 2003 with an objective to produce world class human resources for the hospitality industry. The school offers various world class academic degrees and training packages. Affiliated to Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS), Austria, IST aims at developing practical, managerial and excellent communication skills by preparing each individual student for a successful career in the hospitality industry.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;It claims to be a center for excellence in hospitality education that provides an enterprising and stimulating environment in which students can learn and develop their potential. The structure of the academic program ensures an international approach to teaching by combining management theory with practical experience. It offers Ministry of Education and Sports approved courses that range from Diploma, Higher Diploma, and Bachelor&rsquo;s level courses in hospitality. Since its inception, the school has established cooperation with numerous national and international universities including in Singapore, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States of America.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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					<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Samjhana Basnyat, Principal" src="/userfiles/images/ss%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 138px;" />Samjhana Basnyat, Principal</strong></span></div>
				<div>
					<div>
						The first thing students should keep in mind while choosing a college, is the affiliation of the college. They should consider whether or not the degree would be of high value in the job market. Infrastructure, course syllabus, reputation of the organisation and reception of its products in the targeted industry are other important factors. We are looking forward to further upgrade our quality standards and add post graduate level courses to our existing world class courses.</div>
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						&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</p>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Bhawani Timilsina</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration). The vision of PCMA is to complement applied business studies with practice and make students globally competent. It also has the vision to promote self confidence, self dependence, moral behaviour and a focus on student-teacher and parent relations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have the latest university curriculum and teaching methodologies, coupled with Nepali values and ethics that distinguish us from others,&rdquo; says Prakash Dhoj Adhikari, Chairman of the college. The college has also won the best college outside the valley award from New Business Age Pvt. Ltd. &ldquo;Presidency College of Management and Science has been dedicated towards quality education for 15 years and we feel great today great to be appreciated,&rdquo; Adhikari says.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Presidency College of Management Sciences" src="/userfiles/images/bscw.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 250px; height: 298px;" />In the beginning, it was very difficult for organizations to take any initiative for business education. Lack of infrastructure, adequate managerial institutions and quality education forced Nepali students to travel to other cities. PCMS has been trying to fill the vacuum by being a competent substitute. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college provides students with opportunity to visit various industries to broaden classroom understanding. &ldquo;We have built an extensive relationship with major corporate houses in the country,&rdquo; says Adhikari.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college also organizes various workshops on public speaking, business and professional writing skills, career planning, entrepreneurial skills development and training on financial and banking services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Considering the academic history and capacity of the students, PCMS also provides scholarships to deserving students.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college conducts research and consulting activities that help enrich the learning experience of students. &nbsp;Some of the projects that have been executed include a small business research on &lsquo;Consumer Behaviour Analysis and Retail Outlet&rsquo;, &lsquo;Analysis of CUG and its products&rsquo;, Event Management of HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Branded, and Event Management of&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&lsquo;Yamaha Mini-Mela&rsquo;. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The PCMS has organized seminars on account keeping, leadership development and training on stock market and banking system and procedure.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have excellent records of students engaged in different business activities in finance and banking industries, among others,&rdquo; says Adhikari. The college has recently opened an effective placement service cell that works as a meeting platform for students and has developed an excellent relationship with the corporate community. &nbsp;The cell also frequently organizes different programmes in collaboration with reputed organizations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="PRESIDENCY COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES" src="/userfiles/images/b-b.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 185px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></div>
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			'title' => 'Day Long Workshop By V.S. Niketan',
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			'content' => '<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	V.S. Niketan College organized &ldquo;A Day Long Workshop Programme&rdquo; in ALFA House, Baneshwor in association with the Landmark Consultancy. The topics of the workshop were related to emerging issues of the country in business. This practice-based paper presentation programme began at 9:30 am and went on till 5:30. The programme was chaired by prof Dr Haribhakta Neupane, the chairperson of V.S Education foundation. Some experts of management from different sectors were also present in the programme who shared their opinions to the programme.<br />
	<br />
	KFA School of Management, Quest International College, Kathmandu College of Management and V.S Niketan College actively participated and presented their respective papers on various emerging issues of the nation like- &lsquo;Brain Drain&rsquo;, &lsquo;Conflict Management&rsquo;, &lsquo;Crisis Management&rsquo; and &lsquo;Banking Mergers&rsquo;. The programme had three phases- inauguration, paper presentation, and group discussion.<br />
	<br />
	This workshop programme was supported by the sponsors- Nepal Bank Ltd., Everest Bank Ltd., Sunrise Press, Buddha Publication, and Distributers and the official media partners &lsquo;The Corporate Weekly&rsquo; and Radio Shepherd 88.4 MHz. Kathford College won the first prize of the best presenter team. Neekita Sinnya from KFA School of Management won the honour and prize of the best presenter of the one-day long workshop.</p>',
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			'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years&rsquo; bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. &nbsp;It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. &nbsp;We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. &nbsp;According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. &ldquo;The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,&rdquo; he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. &ldquo;We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;&ldquo;We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,&rdquo; says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. &ldquo;We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,&rdquo; says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking &amp; Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students&rsquo; ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,&rdquo; says Palikhe.</div>',
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	<strong>By Bhawani Timalsina</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	With UK and US tightening noose over the VISA regulations, Australia has emerged as one of the most desirable place to study in recent years due to its friendly educational policies. In Australia, education comes third in the priority list and taking advantage of the system, Nepali students are now willing to persue their higher or specialised studies in this Emerald city. There are several consultancies in Nepal, which are providing a complete counseling for those who want to study in Australia.</p>
<p>
	According to Mahesh Babu Timalsina, General Secretary of ECAN, the introduction of Streamline Visa Processing (SVP) system has encouraged Nepali students to apply for VISAs in Australia. &ldquo;The VISA success rate has increased after the Australian High Commission in Delhi has introduced the SVP system,&rdquo; says Timalsina. The SAV means these applicants are treated as though they are lower migration risk regardless of their country of origin.</p>
<p>
	On the context of whether it is easy to get VISA for deserving students, he says, this is not a difficult job as the High Commission looks for students who can easily clear the Genuine Temporary Entrance (GTE) process, which is a short interview required by the Australian Department of Immigration to ascertain students&rsquo; admission into the universities and their general plan of action in the country.</p>
<p>
	Australia provides a variety of courses ranging from technical subjects such as engineering to the subjects in liberal arts and management. Students can apply in 42 universities in the country, of which two are private. Besides, students can also apply to hundreds of colleges affiliated to the universities. The Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University, University of Western Australia and University of Adelaide are some of renowned ones, also listed as Group 8 universities.</p>
<p>
	Most Australian education institutions are considered as the best in the world, given their record of graduates with successful careers. The Australian education system promotes creative and practical education &ndash; a combination, which every student look for. They can get related information directly from the university representatives who frequently participates in the education seminars in various parts of the country.</p>
<p>
	The fee structure and the entry requirement depends on the courses and on the universities. &ldquo;We suggest students to search for suitable courses and be self aware of their eligibility to apply. It is necessary for students to know whether their qualifications enable them to apply for the education course or not,&rdquo; Timalsina claims.</p>
<p>
	On average, the cost of education in Australia is Rs 800,000 to Rs 1.3 million per semester, including tuition fee and room and board. Despite the huge fee, part-time job facilities for students and full-time work permits for dependents continue to be key features that attract students toward Australia. &ldquo;However, we would not encourage students to focus merely on their job; they should also give priority to their education rather than work to achieve their goals,&rdquo; Timalsina says.</p>
<p>
	Students can apply for Post Study Work (PSW) VISA to gain work experience in their field as soon as they graduate. Students who complete their bachelor&rsquo;s or master&rsquo;s degrees get two years of work permit while PhD graduates are granted four-year permits. &ldquo;Students urge to know more about the Permanent Residency (PR) system which I think is a vague term. However, students can get their PR permit after completing postgraduate studies. We advise students to get training in housekeeping, cooking or other hospitality skills so they can acquire part-time jobs easily,&rdquo; says Timalsina.</p>
<p>
	It is usually advisable that students have a proper plan of study and work to overcome difficulties. Applying for an educational degree in Australia requires huge investment and negligence towards study can easily ruin one&rsquo;s future.</p>
<p>
	&ldquo;They should be careful about visa processing responsibilities even after getting a student visa,&rdquo; Timalsina warns. The application at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is conducted online and should be done at least three months prior to the expiry of the student&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>
	<strong>(More about studying in Australia can be learned from the websites www.studyinaustralia.gov. au and <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au">www.immi.gov.au</a>)</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Study in Australia Seminars</strong></p>
<p>
	University of Western Sydney (UWS), an Australian university, organised an education fair in Kathmandu last week for Nepali students interested in pursuing higher education in Australia. The programme provided an opportunity to Nepali students to interact with the representatives of the university. Students with genuine qualification and documents were encouraged to check for their eligibility for Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP). Students wanting to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were encouraged to lodge applications for the SVP after receiving a Confirmation of Enrollment letter from the Australian university.</p>
<p>
	Global Reach, an education consultancy, organized the Australian Education Exhibition at Hotel de l &rsquo;Annapurna in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu last week. Around 20 reputed universities from Australia participated in the event to inform students about courses and the enrollment process. Swinburne University, Murdoch University, University of Western Sydney and The University of Adelaide were some of the participating institutions.</p>
<p>
	Students are attracted towards an Australian education as the country has introduced the Post Study Work Permit (PSWP) scheme for international students, allowing them to work full time in Australia after the completion of their degree. &ldquo;Students got an opportunity to know about the enrollment process and courses thoroughly from the exhibition,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Julia Shelley, Senior Regional Manager of UWS.</p>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">White-House Fiesta Concludes</span></strong></div>
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="White-House Fiesta" src="/userfiles/images/whf.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 102px;" /></span></strong></div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">ICAN Results Out</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Results of the exam taken by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) last June were announced last Thursday. Four hundred and fourty-two students passed out of 525 (84.19%) in the &lsquo;foundation level&rsquo; Cap-I (new curriculum) and 49 out of 170 students (28.82%) passed in same level&rsquo;s old curriculum. Similarly, 158 out of 901students (17.54%) passed in the &lsquo;intermediate level&rsquo;. Likewise, 32 out of 242 students (13.22%) passed in the &lsquo;final level&rsquo;. Results can be accessed in www.icaan.org.np.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TU Results Published</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="TU" src="/userfiles/images/tu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 90px;" />The Tribhuvan University Examinations Controller&rsquo;s Office on Thursday published the results of MA second year in Population Studies under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences conducted in November/December 2012.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The results can be viewed at www.educationsansar.com, www.edusanjal.com and www.tu.ntc.net.np, according to the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">HSEB Publishes XII Science Results</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) published the results of Grade XII science stream on Tuesday. According to HSEB, 75 per cent of students passed the examination conducted from April 30-May 12 earlier this year. A total of 33, 566 had appeared for the examination out of which 25,236 students passed the exams. Last year, the percentage of students passing the exam was 72 per cent. Likewise, 6,349 students appeared under the partial category of which 3,266 passed out. The HSEB, however, has cancelled the results of 24 students. The board informed that the results of other faculties will be announced in the Nepali month of Bhadra.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">KU MBA in Rural Areas</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="KUSOM" src="/userfiles/images/kumba.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />According to the new curriculum the Kathmandu School University of Management (KUSOM) has introduced, MBA students now have to go on field visits to rural areas compulsorily for 2 to 4 weeks. &ldquo;This change has been made in the curriculum to make students understand rural business,&rdquo; said Prof Subas KC, Dean of KUSOM, in a programme organised in the capital on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div>
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	If you want to know about what are the support, grants or scholarships University Grant Commission of Nepal, provides to colleges, universities or faculties (Professors/Lecturers) or even students. Here are the main highlights.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Programs for which college/candidates has to apply within 2070 Poush 30</strong></span></div>
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	1.Regular Grants</div>
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	2.Physical Facility Development</div>
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	3.Library Strengthening and Equipment Grants</div>
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	a.Grants for Purchasing Books</div>
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	b.Grants for Purchasing Furniture</div>
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	c.Grants for Purchasing Equipments</div>
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	4.Ph.D. Fellowship</div>
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	5.M.Phil. Fellowship</div>
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	6.M. Phil. Thesis Preparation Support</div>
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	8.Mini-Research</div>
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	9.Visit by Professor in Higher Education Institutions</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Grants/Support for which candidates can apply anytime throughout the year</strong></span></div>
<div>
	1.Thesis Support for Persons with Disabilities</div>
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	2.Partial Support for the PhD fellow</div>
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	3.Visit to Institutions of SAARC Countries for Special Study/ Research</div>
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	4.Travel Grants for Participation in Seminars/ Conferences</div>
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	5.Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference</div>
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	<em>(www.edusanjal.com)</em></div>',
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Teacher Service Commission Publishes Results&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has published result of written examination of Teacher service commission of Midwestern Development Region, Far western development region and Western Development Region. TSC published results of these regions in three instalments- on 26, 28 and 29th &nbsp; November.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Dr Malla Awarded Scholarship&nbsp;by Australian Agency</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group of Australian College of Emergency Medicine has awarded Prof Dr. Gyanendra Malla for its scholarship (Fellowship in Emergency Medicine) from Nepal. &nbsp;Dr Malla is among four the scholarship candidates selected. Other candidates are from Myanmar, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Dr Malla heads the General Practice and Emergency Medicine department at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>HSEB Publishes Results of Grade 12 Supplementary Exams</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) on Thursday published result of grade 12 supplementary exam of all the faculties. According to the HSEB, 25,715 students out of 29,911 (85.97%) passed the examination. As per the rule, students who failed in one subject will get chance to take supplementary exam.&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>SLC Examinations to Begin from March 20</strong></span></div>
<div>
	This year&rsquo;s School Leaving Certificate (SLC) Examination is going to start from March 20. The meeting of the examination committee of the SLC board held on 29th November decided the dates for the exams. &nbsp;The exams will be held for nine days. &nbsp;Around 600,000 students are expected to take their SLC exams.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>ROUTINE</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory English: 2070 March 20, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Nepali: 2070 March 21, Friday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Mathematics: 2070 March 23, Sunday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Science: 2070 March 24, Monday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Social Studies: 2070 March 25, Tuesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory Health Education and Environment: 2070 March 26, Wednesday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper First: 2070 March 27, Thursday</div>
<div>
	&bull;Optional Paper Second: 2070 March 28, Friday</div>
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Convocation Ceremony of TU and KU</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The 39th Convocation ceremony of Tribhuvan University (TU) is scheduled to be held on December 27th, 2013. Students from various stream including humanities and social sciences, education, science and technology, forestry, included in the grace list will participate in the 39th convocation of the University. The 38th convocation of Tribhuvan University was held on Dasharash stadium, Tripureshwor Kathmandu.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Similarly, Kathmandu University (KU) has also announced its 19th convocation ceremony. Convocation ceremony is scheduled on different dates for different faculties. According to the notice, the convocation ceremony will be held on December 12, 2013 at Kathmandu University, Kavre for School of Arts, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Management and School of Science. Meanwhile, Convocation Ceremony for School of Medical Sciences will be held on December 20, 2013 at School of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu University, Kavre.</div>',
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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">IM Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The report, published by webportal - www.TopMBA.com - highlights four distinct categories of business school in terms of employer recognition: Elite Global, Emerging Global, Elite Regional, Emerging Regional. It said that B-school graduates from India are the world&rsquo;s most academically distinguished.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Students at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (780) and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (767) have the highest average GMAT scores in the world, well ahead of the leading US institution Stanford (730), and INSEAD in Europe (704), the report said.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The ratings provide a detailed overview of the most popular business schools around the world, based on details provided to QS by over 3,300 employers who actively recruit MBA graduates. The report is based on 4,318 responses from recruiters, making it the largest survey of its kind.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Of the 39 leading institutions to make the Elite Global category, 15 are from the US, Canada (7), UK (3), Spain (3), France and Singapore 2 each, and one each from India, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Denmark.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Apart from IIM Ahmedabad, two Asian B-Schools which have made in to the Elite Global category are INSEAD Singapore and NUS Business School, National University of Singapore.<em> (ibnlive.in.com)</em></div>',
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	When it comes to higher studies, Kathmandu always has remained first choice of students. Availability of various facilities and faculties, students prefer moving to Kathmandu to pursue graduate or post graduate studies. And some of them even enter capital for better higher secondary schools that provide quality education. However, times have changed. It&rsquo;s not necessary to leave home in search of good education. Here are two best business schools outside the capital and that too in the western part of the nation. Anyone looking for pursuing business studies can depend on these institutions for all they need from a business school. Yes, if you are from west and looking for pursuing your career further in business sector, you don&rsquo;t have to look farther than your own region. Here are the two best B-Schools of Western Region.&nbsp;</div>
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	<hr />
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		<br />
		<img alt="Tillotama College" src="/userfiles/images/tc.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 164px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></p>
</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Tilottama Campus</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Tilottama campus was established in 1996 as the first private college in Rupandehi. It has been established by a team of dedicated, experienced and enterprising academicians witha motive to cater for the growing demands of parents and students in the higher education by providing quality education.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been running +2 programme in science and management in affiliation with Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), Nepal since its establishment. &nbsp;Similarly, it is also running Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) programme in affiliation with Pokhara University. It has plans to launch Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in the near future.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college has been imparting quality education since its establishment. Its +2 program has been performing exceptionally well and has maintained good results in Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) examinations for the past 16 years. Considering its performance, HSEB has awarded it time and again for excellence.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Its graduate program has also been equally qualitative. The college feels proud on the high success rate of its BBA students who have been among some of the university toppers for several years. Many of the college pass outs have been employed in reputed corporate houses and organizations. Their recruitment and placement in those organizations speaks for the quality of its BBA program.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Faculty members at the college are well experienced with a substantial network outreach with the industrial and commercial sector. These attributes has ensured that any Tillotama&rsquo;s BBA course student acquire practical and theoretical education and pave way for a successful career in management.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Located in the heart of Butwal, Yogikuti, the college has adequate physical infrastructures along with, spacious ground, garden and international standard basket ball court. It has a well equipped science laboratory, computer lab and well &nbsp;furnished library that &nbsp;has text books, research journals and reference materials that provide the students with secured and effective setting for their learning and development.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Crimson College of Technology" src="/userfiles/images/cct.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 247px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Crimson College of Technology</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Crimson College of Technology (CCT) is an academic institution that has been providing high-tech education in Butwal, Rupandehi since 2000 AD. Established by a group of dedicated academicians from diverse educational backgrounds, the college provides academic courses for Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.PHARM), BBA, BCA and BCIS affiliated to Pokhara University (PU).&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	CCT is distinguished as &nbsp;an &ldquo;A Grade College in Employment&rdquo; &nbsp;in the region. &nbsp;Along with providing industry endorsed education, CCT is committed to inclusive quality assurance culture. It has developed a number of policies and procedures to ensure that the courses and services are of the highest quality in pharmacy education. The college is located in the heart of the city and is linked with East-West highway.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The vision of the CCT is to help, develop and produce competent graduates that are groomed to deliver the ever increasing demands of corporate sector around the globe. Its motto &ldquo;vt prosim&rdquo; meaning &lsquo;let me be useful&rsquo; reflects it objective. Along with academics, the college also stresses on imparting self-discipline, human and spiritual values to the students for their holistic development and change.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	For continuing its promise of providing state of the art educational environment and syllabus, the institution has been adopting best practices in the area and in-sourcing technologies to aid in their academic courses.</div>',
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			'title' => 'Higher Studies In Crisis Management',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis. Responding to this necessity, recently a complete course on Crisis Management has been introduced in Nepal for the first time.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Samarpan Academy - Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS) has launched Masters Degree in Crisis Management &nbsp;course &lsquo;Masters in Crisis Management&rsquo; (MCM) in affiliation with &nbsp;Tribhuwan University. The college&rsquo;s management is presided by Dr Ram Thapaliya, a PhD holder in Crisis Management. Balananda Sharma, fLieutenant General (Rtd) of Nepal Army, is the principal of the college. Sharma played key role in the management, rehabilitation and integration of the Maoist combatants as coordinator of the secretariat of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Other key figures behind the college are Former Inspector General of Police Sanat Basnet, Immediate past President of &nbsp;Federation of Nepalese Chambers of commerce and Industry (FNCCI) &nbsp;Kush Kumar Joshi, Nepali Congress Leader Nabindra Raj Joshi, UCPN-Maoist leader Khimlal Devkota, CPN UML Leader Shanti Adhikari and Dr. Shivaji Yadav..&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Elaborating on the objective of the institution, Principal Sharma said that the sole motive behind introducing the course is to minimize consequences of crisis by managing it &nbsp;rather than to make profit. &ldquo;This is an experience sharing institute,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;If a crisis can be managed systematically, we can minimize the consequences a lot.&rdquo; Sharma claims that Crisis Management students are salable in international market too.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Course Specs</strong></div>
<div>
	Students who have completed &nbsp;bachelor&rsquo;s level with at least 2nd division are eligible to enroll for this course. The course includes basic knowledge on crisis management, various types of crisis that Nepal has been through and case studies on various international crisis incidents. The college is planning to enroll 20-30 students in its first batch and has long term plans to extend its capacity to enroll 40-50 students in each batch.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>International Students&nbsp;</strong></div>
<div>
	The college is looking forward to teach international students too. &ldquo;Developed countries in west want to study about developing countries as the latter face different types of crisis,&rdquo; Sharma says adding, &ldquo;International teachers too want to come here to teach this course&rdquo;.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>Fee Structure</strong></div>
<div>
	Four-semester course fee for a Nepali student is set at Rs 515,500. Similarly, it is Rs 817,600 for students from SAARC region and USD 10,000 for students from other countries. &ldquo;There is a provision for scholarship for genuine and needy,&rdquo; said Sharma.&nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Developing or least developed countries are more prone to different types of crises as they are in the process of development. Nepal is not an exception in occurance of crises, be it natural or human -induced. Lack of systematic provisions to control any sort of crisis in Nepal has been a major hurdle in solving, managing and minimizing impacts of crisis.',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	F<span style="font-size: 12px;">ar West is going to get its first ever medical college. This government owned medical college will be established at Geta VDC of Kailali district, Under Secretary at Ministry of Education (MOE), Dr Tulsi Thapaliya informed. &nbsp;The government had allotted a total of Rs 10 million for implementing this project in the fiscal year 2007/08. Similarly, the government has allocated 120 million rupees in the next fiscal year for the Far Western University and the medical college projects. Dr. Bhim Singh Tingkari, Executive Director of Geta Medical College Development Committee said that the project could not be implemented due to government&#39;s inability to allocate the total approximate budget of Rs 5 billion for the project.&nbsp;</span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Dr. Tingkri said that the new committee formed in 2012 under the chairmanship of Chetraj Panta had started working on the project with an objective of opening the medical college within three years for public service. He said that land needed for the medical college has been acquired and environmental impact study of the project is underway. He further added that &quot;Building Design Authority&quot; has been assigned with the responsibility to prepare the master plan including project implementation and cost and time frame analysis. Dr. Tingkri said that the master plan will be ready by January and additional work will be carried out accordingly.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The dedication shown by the new committee has brought hopes in the local people. This fiscal year the government has allocated 45 million rupees for this project. The budget has been utilized in conducting environmental impact assessment, in constructing fences around the project site and in preparing the master plan. However, if the project is to complete in time, the government should ensure that adequate budget is allocated in the coming fiscal year, Dr. Tingkri said.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Back at the ministry, Under Secretary Thapaliya said that this medical college project is in government&#39;s priority list and expressed confidence that it will receive adequate attention in the coming fiscal year&rsquo;s budget. The ministry is aware that the Far Western Development Region is in need of a fully government owned medical college, Thapaliya said adding that the ministry will therefore provide full support in completing the project.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Depending on the availability of budget and the fulfillment of the commitment expressed by stakeholders, the project could be completed in three years, Dr. Tingkri said. The medical college has initiated process for Expression of Interest at the ministry, the ministry informed.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Guru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham of India had taken initiation for constructing a medical college in Far Western Region, way back in 1999. Following the initiatives taken by the committee presided by him, the government had handed over 51 hectares of land for the college. However, the project remained in limbo due to budget shortages and a corresponding delay in the implementation.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">--By TC Correspondent</span></strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Constituent Assembly (CA) election is slated for November 19. &nbsp;Participating political parties have announced their agenda in their manifestos. Education is one of the major components of development. Considering the importance of this sector, political parties have incorporated various programmes and agenda to develop it. Of other programmes, promise for quality free and compulsory education has been made by all major political parties. In this issue, The Corporate has analyzed manifestos of these political parties to find out what they intend to do in education sector. Here are the salient pledges made:&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN (Maoist)&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;20 percent of total budget for education sector</div>
<div>
	&bull;Increasing quality of public education</div>
<div>
	&bull;Controlling commerciali-zation in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;One university in each federal state</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>UCPN-UML</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending unproductive education system</div>
<div>
	&bull;All-accessible primary schools</div>
<div>
	&bull;Concept of residential school</div>
<div>
	&bull;Grading system instead of existing percentage-based ranking system</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Nepali Congress</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Making teachers responsible towards exams results</div>
<div>
	&bull;Mobilizing the available resources from former students</div>
<div>
	&bull;Compulsory and free education up to grade 12</div>
<div>
	&bull;Making private education institutions responsible and safe</div>
<div>
	&bull;Providing full scholarships to female Dalit student for Engineering and Medicine subjects.</div>
<div>
	&bull;Open University to be established for ensuring higher education for underprivileged.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Rastriya Prajatantra Party</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&bull;Ending politicization in education</div>
<div>
	&bull;To establish national commission for improving education sector.</div>
<div>
	&bull;A model public school in every VDC</div>',
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			'title' => 'Top Hospitality Colleges In Town',
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	Tourism is an important aspect of Nepal&rsquo;s economy and the state has kept the sector in its priority. Massive investment is being made in the sector from domestic as well as foreign investors. Ease of investment in the sector is attaracting renowned world-class hospitality service providers to this exclusive Himalayan nation. Corresponding to these &nbsp;increase in the number of hotels and resorts across the country, a relative increase in employment opportunities in the hospitality industry is inevitable in the near future.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Demand for highly skilled and semi-skilled hospitality industry professionals including managers, chefs, waiters, housekeepers, maids etc., seems inevitable. There are number of colleges across the country that are wrangling their muscles to meet this demand of producing productive and efficient hospitality industry professionals.Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHAM) and International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) are two of the most prominent institutions in Nepal that have earned reputation in this area.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<hr />
	<div>
		&nbsp;</div>
	<div>
		<img alt="NATHAM" src="/userfiles/images/nathm%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 267px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHAM)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Nepal Academy of Tourism &amp; Hotel Management (NATHM) has been providing &nbsp;Tourism &amp; Hotel Management Education for the past four decades This institution was established by the government in 1972 with the technical assistance of UNDP and ILO, with the sole objective of producing skilled workforce correspondin to the requirement of the hospitality and tourism industry. Since its inception the Academy has consistently produced qualified and highly skilled human resources that have in turn enhanced quality and standards of the tourism and hospitality services.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATH started as vocational training institute that primarily provided craft and supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings.Twenty seven years after its establishment, the Academy finally braced up to provide advanced academic courses in the niche. Corresponding to the demands of the sector, in consultations with industry experts, it started three-years &ldquo;Bachelor in Hotel Management (BHM)&rdquo; Course in 1999. &nbsp;Four years down the road, the academy launched three-year-long &ldquo;Bachelor in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM)&rdquo;. Both of these courses, affiliated to Tribhuvan University, are aimed to fulfill the needs of supervisory-level manpower in the niche. Within a short span of time, these courses are recognized and renowned across South Asia.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	NATHAM has established itself as one of the top colleges for hospitality in South Asia. It has well experienced and renowned faculty members, well developed curriculum and business links all over the world. The academy has plans to open up 4-star hotel that would bring industry and institution on the same platform while providing internships to its students as well.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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						<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Vijaya Shrestha, Director" src="/userfiles/images/us%20(Copy).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 135px;" />Ujjwal Satyal, HOD</span></strong></div>
					<div>
						The first thing a student should do is make sure the college has a well developed and updated syllabus along with experienced faculty members to facilitate. Realtime relationship of the faculties with the business world are equally important to consider. Along with this, infrastructure of the college should also be considered as a metric for evaluating a college. NATHAM is proud to provide all of these to its student while providing supervisory level of skill-oriented trainings that correspond to industry&rsquo;s demands.&nbsp;</div>
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<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<hr />
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="IST" src="/userfiles/images/ist%20(Copy).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 360px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST)</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The International School of Tourism and Hotel Management (IST) was established in the year 2003 with an objective to produce world class human resources for the hospitality industry. The school offers various world class academic degrees and training packages. Affiliated to Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS), Austria, IST aims at developing practical, managerial and excellent communication skills by preparing each individual student for a successful career in the hospitality industry.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;It claims to be a center for excellence in hospitality education that provides an enterprising and stimulating environment in which students can learn and develop their potential. The structure of the academic program ensures an international approach to teaching by combining management theory with practical experience. It offers Ministry of Education and Sports approved courses that range from Diploma, Higher Diploma, and Bachelor&rsquo;s level courses in hospitality. Since its inception, the school has established cooperation with numerous national and international universities including in Singapore, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States of America.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
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					<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><img alt="Samjhana Basnyat, Principal" src="/userfiles/images/ss%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 125px; height: 138px;" />Samjhana Basnyat, Principal</strong></span></div>
				<div>
					<div>
						The first thing students should keep in mind while choosing a college, is the affiliation of the college. They should consider whether or not the degree would be of high value in the job market. Infrastructure, course syllabus, reputation of the organisation and reception of its products in the targeted industry are other important factors. We are looking forward to further upgrade our quality standards and add post graduate level courses to our existing world class courses.</div>
					<div>
						&nbsp;</div>
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	&nbsp;</p>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--By Bhawani Timilsina</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration). The vision of PCMA is to complement applied business studies with practice and make students globally competent. It also has the vision to promote self confidence, self dependence, moral behaviour and a focus on student-teacher and parent relations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have the latest university curriculum and teaching methodologies, coupled with Nepali values and ethics that distinguish us from others,&rdquo; says Prakash Dhoj Adhikari, Chairman of the college. The college has also won the best college outside the valley award from New Business Age Pvt. Ltd. &ldquo;Presidency College of Management and Science has been dedicated towards quality education for 15 years and we feel great today great to be appreciated,&rdquo; Adhikari says.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Presidency College of Management Sciences" src="/userfiles/images/bscw.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;width: 250px; height: 298px;" />In the beginning, it was very difficult for organizations to take any initiative for business education. Lack of infrastructure, adequate managerial institutions and quality education forced Nepali students to travel to other cities. PCMS has been trying to fill the vacuum by being a competent substitute. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college provides students with opportunity to visit various industries to broaden classroom understanding. &ldquo;We have built an extensive relationship with major corporate houses in the country,&rdquo; says Adhikari.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college also organizes various workshops on public speaking, business and professional writing skills, career planning, entrepreneurial skills development and training on financial and banking services.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Considering the academic history and capacity of the students, PCMS also provides scholarships to deserving students.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college conducts research and consulting activities that help enrich the learning experience of students. &nbsp;Some of the projects that have been executed include a small business research on &lsquo;Consumer Behaviour Analysis and Retail Outlet&rsquo;, &lsquo;Analysis of CUG and its products&rsquo;, Event Management of HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Branded, and Event Management of&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&lsquo;Yamaha Mini-Mela&rsquo;. &nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The PCMS has organized seminars on account keeping, leadership development and training on stock market and banking system and procedure.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;We have excellent records of students engaged in different business activities in finance and banking industries, among others,&rdquo; says Adhikari. The college has recently opened an effective placement service cell that works as a meeting platform for students and has developed an excellent relationship with the corporate community. &nbsp;The cell also frequently organizes different programmes in collaboration with reputed organizations.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="PRESIDENCY COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES" src="/userfiles/images/b-b.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 185px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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			'description' => 'Presidency College of Management Sciences (PCMS), affiliated with Purbanchal University (PU) and Higher Secondary Education of Nepal, is a business school located in Bharatpur, Chitwan. The college, operated by highly qualified and skilled human resources, offers coeducation facilities in management (ten plus two), BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MBA (Masters in Business Administration).',
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			'title' => 'Day Long Workshop By V.S. Niketan',
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			'content' => '<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	V.S. Niketan College organized &ldquo;A Day Long Workshop Programme&rdquo; in ALFA House, Baneshwor in association with the Landmark Consultancy. The topics of the workshop were related to emerging issues of the country in business. This practice-based paper presentation programme began at 9:30 am and went on till 5:30. The programme was chaired by prof Dr Haribhakta Neupane, the chairperson of V.S Education foundation. Some experts of management from different sectors were also present in the programme who shared their opinions to the programme.<br />
	<br />
	KFA School of Management, Quest International College, Kathmandu College of Management and V.S Niketan College actively participated and presented their respective papers on various emerging issues of the nation like- &lsquo;Brain Drain&rsquo;, &lsquo;Conflict Management&rsquo;, &lsquo;Crisis Management&rsquo; and &lsquo;Banking Mergers&rsquo;. The programme had three phases- inauguration, paper presentation, and group discussion.<br />
	<br />
	This workshop programme was supported by the sponsors- Nepal Bank Ltd., Everest Bank Ltd., Sunrise Press, Buddha Publication, and Distributers and the official media partners &lsquo;The Corporate Weekly&rsquo; and Radio Shepherd 88.4 MHz. Kathford College won the first prize of the best presenter team. Neekita Sinnya from KFA School of Management won the honour and prize of the best presenter of the one-day long workshop.</p>',
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			'title' => '‘We Are Trying To Make Our Regional Offices More Effective’',
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="Prof KR Bastola" src="/userfiles/images/%3Blkf%3Bdk.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 250px; height: 167px;" />With delay in publishing the results of undergraduate exams by the Tribhuvan University (TU), students have been facing problems as it takes more than four years to complete a three years&rsquo; bachelor degree. Prof Keshav Raj Bastola is the Controller of Examination at Tribhuvan University. In a short interview with The Corporate, he shares some major causes behind the delay in publishing results. <strong>Excerpts:&nbsp;</strong></span></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>When will TU publish the result of bachelor third year students this year?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	We have been preparing to publish the results within this month. Our attempt will be on publishing the result of all departments. It may take some more weeks to publish the results as it involves a large numbers of students.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the major problems in publishing and conducting exams in time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	The past exam was finished in March. Lack of manpower and infrastructure at the district level has created problems. &nbsp;It is necessary to publish the results as we have to conduct exams in the coming month as well. &nbsp;We are trying to make our regional offices more effective. We have been preparing to arrange for answer sheets at the regional level which could help publish the results on time.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>How can you assure students that the results will be published on time?</strong></span></div>
<div>
	Weaknesses of the previous management team are yet to be resolved and it will take time to do so. We have been appointing officers at the regional level as well. Lack of manpower has hampered work largely, causing us to miss deadlines. We are aware that the delay in results has had a negative impact among students. The large numbers of students in departments like education and arts make it difficult to publish results soon.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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			'content' => '<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong>--TC Correspondent</strong></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Established in 1999 in Pokhara, Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College (NTHMC), is the first colleges to offer Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) programmes in Nepal. The college is affiliated to Pokhara University. &nbsp;According to Ashok Palikhe, Chairman of the college, students from NTHMC have been employed in foreign countries such as USA, Netherlands, France, Singapore, among other countries. &ldquo;The students are earning Rs 200,000 per month,&rdquo; he claims and says that the college has availed the BHM degree in Nepal as students otherwise had to go abroad to get the degree. The college has been focusing on imparting quality education rather than a profit-oriented one, according to Palikhe. &ldquo;We have been working on developing Pokhara as the tourism, education and health capital of Nepal.&rdquo;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college-owned building covers 13,000 square feet of area in its campus that sprawls across 22 ropanis of land. The college boasts state-of-the-art equipment and lab facilities. The company has a general body of 140 personnel, most of them scions of top leading business houses of Pokhara such as the Laxmi House, Gosheli house, Gandaki noodles, Pokharahomes, and Machapucchre bank. The college is also equipped with modern infrastructure such as 4 training labs, 1 seminar hall, computer labs and basketball court. The college also takes its students to countries like India, Malaysia and Dubai for educational excursions that help them acquire practical knowledge.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;&ldquo;We have been attempting to deliver an education that focuses on the knowledge, skills and attributes required to build high competency among students,&rdquo; says Palikhe. Experts from various countries like the USA, Switzerland and Netherlands provide training to students time and again. The college also offers scholarships to 2 students from the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) and 4 students from Pokhara University. &ldquo;We also provide full scholarships to students scoring high marks each semester,&rdquo; says Ramkailsh Bichha, Principal of NTHMC.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<img alt="Nepal Tourism and Hotel management College" src="/userfiles/images/trd.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 410px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" /></div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The college offers 10+2 education in Hotel Management as well as 4 years Bachelor Degree in Hotel Management courses whereas the city campus (Business Management Center) offers BBA and BBA-BI (Banking &amp; Insurance) courses. The teaching and learning of BBA and BBA-BI are focused on the theory and practice of Business Management that enhance students&rsquo; ability to compete in the job market as managers.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&ldquo;Attraction of students toward hotel management and tourism have been increasing recently as hundreds of students get enrolled in the BHM course,&rdquo; says Palikhe.</div>',
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			'description' => 'The first private college to offer courses in hotel management in Nepal is a well equipped institution today',
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			'title' => 'The Land Down South',
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	<strong>By Bhawani Timalsina</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	With UK and US tightening noose over the VISA regulations, Australia has emerged as one of the most desirable place to study in recent years due to its friendly educational policies. In Australia, education comes third in the priority list and taking advantage of the system, Nepali students are now willing to persue their higher or specialised studies in this Emerald city. There are several consultancies in Nepal, which are providing a complete counseling for those who want to study in Australia.</p>
<p>
	According to Mahesh Babu Timalsina, General Secretary of ECAN, the introduction of Streamline Visa Processing (SVP) system has encouraged Nepali students to apply for VISAs in Australia. &ldquo;The VISA success rate has increased after the Australian High Commission in Delhi has introduced the SVP system,&rdquo; says Timalsina. The SAV means these applicants are treated as though they are lower migration risk regardless of their country of origin.</p>
<p>
	On the context of whether it is easy to get VISA for deserving students, he says, this is not a difficult job as the High Commission looks for students who can easily clear the Genuine Temporary Entrance (GTE) process, which is a short interview required by the Australian Department of Immigration to ascertain students&rsquo; admission into the universities and their general plan of action in the country.</p>
<p>
	Australia provides a variety of courses ranging from technical subjects such as engineering to the subjects in liberal arts and management. Students can apply in 42 universities in the country, of which two are private. Besides, students can also apply to hundreds of colleges affiliated to the universities. The Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University, University of Western Australia and University of Adelaide are some of renowned ones, also listed as Group 8 universities.</p>
<p>
	Most Australian education institutions are considered as the best in the world, given their record of graduates with successful careers. The Australian education system promotes creative and practical education &ndash; a combination, which every student look for. They can get related information directly from the university representatives who frequently participates in the education seminars in various parts of the country.</p>
<p>
	The fee structure and the entry requirement depends on the courses and on the universities. &ldquo;We suggest students to search for suitable courses and be self aware of their eligibility to apply. It is necessary for students to know whether their qualifications enable them to apply for the education course or not,&rdquo; Timalsina claims.</p>
<p>
	On average, the cost of education in Australia is Rs 800,000 to Rs 1.3 million per semester, including tuition fee and room and board. Despite the huge fee, part-time job facilities for students and full-time work permits for dependents continue to be key features that attract students toward Australia. &ldquo;However, we would not encourage students to focus merely on their job; they should also give priority to their education rather than work to achieve their goals,&rdquo; Timalsina says.</p>
<p>
	Students can apply for Post Study Work (PSW) VISA to gain work experience in their field as soon as they graduate. Students who complete their bachelor&rsquo;s or master&rsquo;s degrees get two years of work permit while PhD graduates are granted four-year permits. &ldquo;Students urge to know more about the Permanent Residency (PR) system which I think is a vague term. However, students can get their PR permit after completing postgraduate studies. We advise students to get training in housekeeping, cooking or other hospitality skills so they can acquire part-time jobs easily,&rdquo; says Timalsina.</p>
<p>
	It is usually advisable that students have a proper plan of study and work to overcome difficulties. Applying for an educational degree in Australia requires huge investment and negligence towards study can easily ruin one&rsquo;s future.</p>
<p>
	&ldquo;They should be careful about visa processing responsibilities even after getting a student visa,&rdquo; Timalsina warns. The application at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is conducted online and should be done at least three months prior to the expiry of the student&rsquo;s visa.</p>
<p>
	<strong>(More about studying in Australia can be learned from the websites www.studyinaustralia.gov. au and <a href="http://www.immi.gov.au">www.immi.gov.au</a>)</strong></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	<strong>Study in Australia Seminars</strong></p>
<p>
	University of Western Sydney (UWS), an Australian university, organised an education fair in Kathmandu last week for Nepali students interested in pursuing higher education in Australia. The programme provided an opportunity to Nepali students to interact with the representatives of the university. Students with genuine qualification and documents were encouraged to check for their eligibility for Streamlined Visa Processing (SVP). Students wanting to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were encouraged to lodge applications for the SVP after receiving a Confirmation of Enrollment letter from the Australian university.</p>
<p>
	Global Reach, an education consultancy, organized the Australian Education Exhibition at Hotel de l &rsquo;Annapurna in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu last week. Around 20 reputed universities from Australia participated in the event to inform students about courses and the enrollment process. Swinburne University, Murdoch University, University of Western Sydney and The University of Adelaide were some of the participating institutions.</p>
<p>
	Students are attracted towards an Australian education as the country has introduced the Post Study Work Permit (PSWP) scheme for international students, allowing them to work full time in Australia after the completion of their degree. &ldquo;Students got an opportunity to know about the enrollment process and courses thoroughly from the exhibition,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Julia Shelley, Senior Regional Manager of UWS.</p>',
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	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	Amar Singh Namuna Higher Secondary School of Pokhara bagged the first prize of the National Level Quiz contest 2013. Golden Gate College followed second and Prerana Higher Secondary School of Chitwan finished at the third position. The grand finale of the competition was organised at the Radisson Hotel. The programme was organised by Saujanya Media with the support of High School Education Council and the Association of Higher Secondary Schools. &nbsp;Winners were awarded with certificates and trophy. The organisers also conferred awards to different personalities for their contribution to the education sector.</div>',
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	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">White-House Fiesta Concludes</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><img alt="White-House Fiesta" src="/userfiles/images/whf.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 150px; height: 102px;" /></span></strong></div>
<div>
	&lsquo;White House Graduate School of Management&rsquo; (GSM) and &lsquo;Himalayan de Scientia&rsquo; organised the White House Inter-College B-Fiesta 2013 and 3rd Nationwide Science Fair 2013 respectively on 16th and 17th of August &nbsp;at the Trade Tower in Thapathali. The event targeted Intermediate, Bachelors and Masters level students, especially of management stream for the B-Fiesta and Science stream for the Science Fair. Both events were inaugurated on 16th August 2013 at the WhiteHouse GSM premises, 8thFloor, Trade Tower Thapathali by President Narendra Kumar Basnyat of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI). Various businessmen, educationists and college representatives participated in the programme.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">ICAN Results Out</span></strong></div>
<div>
	Results of the exam taken by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) last June were announced last Thursday. Four hundred and fourty-two students passed out of 525 (84.19%) in the &lsquo;foundation level&rsquo; Cap-I (new curriculum) and 49 out of 170 students (28.82%) passed in same level&rsquo;s old curriculum. Similarly, 158 out of 901students (17.54%) passed in the &lsquo;intermediate level&rsquo;. Likewise, 32 out of 242 students (13.22%) passed in the &lsquo;final level&rsquo;. Results can be accessed in www.icaan.org.np.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TU Results Published</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="TU" src="/userfiles/images/tu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 90px;" />The Tribhuvan University Examinations Controller&rsquo;s Office on Thursday published the results of MA second year in Population Studies under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences conducted in November/December 2012.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	The results can be viewed at www.educationsansar.com, www.edusanjal.com and www.tu.ntc.net.np, according to the office.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">HSEB Publishes XII Science Results</span></strong></div>
<div>
	The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) published the results of Grade XII science stream on Tuesday. According to HSEB, 75 per cent of students passed the examination conducted from April 30-May 12 earlier this year. A total of 33, 566 had appeared for the examination out of which 25,236 students passed the exams. Last year, the percentage of students passing the exam was 72 per cent. Likewise, 6,349 students appeared under the partial category of which 3,266 passed out. The HSEB, however, has cancelled the results of 24 students. The board informed that the results of other faculties will be announced in the Nepali month of Bhadra.</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">KU MBA in Rural Areas</span></strong></div>
<div>
	<img alt="KUSOM" src="/userfiles/images/kumba.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;width: 100px; height: 100px;" />According to the new curriculum the Kathmandu School University of Management (KUSOM) has introduced, MBA students now have to go on field visits to rural areas compulsorily for 2 to 4 weeks. &ldquo;This change has been made in the curriculum to make students understand rural business,&rdquo; said Prof Subas KC, Dean of KUSOM, in a programme organised in the capital on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div>
<div>
	&nbsp;</div>',
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Malaysian Ringgit	1	27.36	27.50
South Korean Won	100	9.77	9.82

Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)

Bullion

Fine Gold	1 tola	77000.00
Tejabi Gold	1 tola	76700.00
Silver	1 tola	720.00

Update : 2020-03-25

Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association

Petroleum

Petrol	1 Liter	106.00
Diesel	1 Liter	95.00
Kerosene	1 Liter	95.00
LP Gas	1 Cylinder	1375.00