By Muna Chand
Kathmandu, March 20
Devendra Paudel, Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, has urged the relevant
authorities to focus on strengthening the Tribhuvan University’s affiliated campuses (TU).
Minister Paudel, addressing the 56th anniversary of Thapathali Campus Institute of Engineering here today, argued that unless universities are improved, the higher education sector would not improve.
Paudel asserted, “The educational institutions where 80 percent of the students of the country study should not have traditional approach anymore. Such institutions should be attuned to modern times.”
He believed that the TU should concentrate on the consolidation of its affiliated campuses. The Minister urged the aspiring engineers as well as those already in the profession to be serious about the development of infrastructures since he, argued, engineers had a greater role in it.
Minister Paudel stated that the government would begin physical infrastructure construction
on more than 40 campuses across the country this year.
He opined that desired result could be achieved if only there is a proper action plan, efficiency, discipline, diligence, and energy.
