Kathmandu
hostels see drop amid surge in students flying abroad,
by Pushpanjali Basnet (kh 18/12/2023)
Students
protest demanding refund of additional charges : MBBS
students of Lumbini Medical College in Palpa accuse the
college administration of ignoring their demand, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 25/06/2023)
Police,
students clash in Bara; several injured including DSP
(rep 22/05/2023)
Students
struggle to find good hostels in the Capital : For most
who come to the Valley for study, private hostels are
the only option. But not all provide what they promise,
by Aarati Baral (kp 17/05/2023)
Student
wings of major parties retain their dominance in
university elections : Polls were held on March 19 in
Tribhuvan University constituent and affiliated campuses
across the country (kp 26/03/2023)
Student
politics 101 : Rather than act as pawns of mother
parties, student leaders should help improve academic
quality (kp 20/03/2023) [The
responsibility for this aberration lies with the
authoritarian party leaders!]
Free
student union election today after a violent lead-up :
Polling is being held while multiple campuses remain
padlocked. Like their mother parties, the student wings
are also making and breaking alliances in a jiffy,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 19/03/2023) [This
is what the top politicians teach them, which,
bodes ill for the political future of the country!],
FSU
Election: Things to Consider, by Jagadish Paudel
(rep 19/03/2023), Tribhuvan
University students vote to elect their representatives
: Preliminary estimates put Sunday’s voter turnout at
around 60 percent. Polls postponed in some colleges,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 20/03/2023)
EVM
being used in FSU election at TU Central Campus (rep
19/03/2023), FSU
elections halted at 13 campuses (rep 19/03/2023), Police
open blank fire to control clash at Budhinanda Campus
(rn 19/03/2023)
FSU
Must Strive For Students’ Welfare, by Manjima Dhakal
(rn 18/03/2023)
Three
Student Association form alliance in FSU elections
(nlt 12/03/2023), Alliance
politics trickles down to student wings : The groups
have adopted the well-known tendencies of their mother
parties such as factionalism and eagerness for
opportunistic alliances, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
12/03/2023) [Continued
de-democratisation by the political Khas Arya oligarchy!]
Election
process of FSU starts after 14 years (rep
12/03/2023)
Registration
of student unions for FSU election today (kh
03/03/2023), As
college polls inch closer, student unions plan alliances
: Change in national politics likely to reflect in
campuses with students supporting ruling parties coming
together. This pits eight unions against the UML wing
(kp 04/03/2023)
Are
Nepal’s student organisations still relevant? They once
played a vital role in political movements but they have
now lost their focus, critics argue, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 16/02/2023)
State
of the unions : This is the right time to start a fresh
debate on how to improve the faltering image of student
unions (kp 23/01/2023)
What
to make of March student union elections : Even as their
relevance is questioned, Tribhuvan University seeks to
widen the scope of Free Student Union polls, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 22/01/2023)
Long-pending
student union election to be held on March 19 : The
biennial elections haven’t been held since 2017. In the
elections five years back, voting could take place only
in 35 constituent campuses and some 100 community
colleges (kp 15/01/2023)
Student
unions agree on holding long overdue election (kh
27/12/2022), After
years, Student Union elections likely on March 12 :
Student Welfare Council will recommend date to the
university’s executive committee which will formally
announce the schedule (kp 29/12/2022)
Govt
providing induction stoves free of cost to university
students from remote Nepal studying in the Valley
(rep 03/03/2022)
Country
prepares for local polls but college elections are still
uncertain : Supposedly biennial elections haven’t been
held since 2017, by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/02/2022)
Joint
Student Union demands schedule of FSU election (kh
10/01/2022)
Student
organizations demand action against colleges that charge
higher fees (rep 16/12/2021)
Local
unit provides aid to students from poor families :
Malarani Rural Municipality in Arghakhanchi aims to fill
the void left by the absence of skilled and educated
professionals in the rural municipality, by Birendra
KC (kp 21/11/2021)
tudent
unions fail to adhere to student-centric agendas: In
terms of civic participation, those students who are not
involved in any union are doing a better job, by
Arjun Thapa (kp 22/09/2019)
Student
poll date to be fixed soon (kp 03/02/2019)
Reading
in a group: Unofficial reading groups can help graduate
students better understand their field, via one’s own
initial reading of a text and later during discussion,
by Pratyoush Onta (kp 15/12/2018)
More
students opting for studies abroad (ht 26/05/2018)
Student
unions padlock PABSON, NPABSAN offices (rep
03/05/2018)
Students
protest against high fees at pvt schools (kp
26/04/2018)
Student
unions to protest against hiked tuition fees (ht
17/04/2018)
Student
unions demand amendment to Education Act (ht
06/04/2018)
Semester
system leads to decline of student politics at colleges
(ht 20/02/2018)
Going
with the wind: Many students are pursuing higher studies
without future plans in mind, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
14/01/2018)
Student
unions
padlocking private schools from Wednesday (rep
26/04/2017), Over
100
Valley schools padlocked over exorbitant fees (kp
27/04/2017)
Student
unions
want pvt school fees regulated: Unions claim that
private educational institutions have increased fees by
up to 200 percent from this session (kp
19/04/2017), Unions
give govt 3 days to slash private school fees (rep
19/04/2017)
Students
on
warpath demanding convenient examination centre (ht
05/04/2017)
Blackboard
jumble:
There are more political activities than research and
scholarship on college campuses, by David Kainee (kp
02/04/2017)
Voting
in
RR Campus amid tight security (kp 29/03/2017), ANNFSU
clean-sweeps RR student election (ht 30/03/2017)
SC
orders college to hold FSU poll (rep 16/03/2017)
TU
told
to conduct pending FSU votes after May 14: The FSU
polls were held in only around 170 constituent and
affiliated colleges on March 1 (kp 06/03/2017)
Unions
close
to 3 parties win most FSU positions (kp 03/03/2017),
Student
unions make conflicting claims about poll win (rep
03/03/2017)
Campus
politics:
The way ahead, by Jeewan Shrestha (ht 01/03/2017)
Vital
FSU election: The main task of new student leaders will
be to save public education at a time of rampant
privatization, by Kaushal Ghimire (rep 28/02/2017) [Yes, and politicisation!]
Hold
FSU
polls on schedule: TU; The colleges are instructed to
complete the electoral processes scheduled earlier
for Feb 25 and 26 by 10am on Feb 26 and 27 (kp
27/02/2017), 'FSU
polls almost impossible on March 1' (rep
27/02/2017), Student
unions
stand divided over FSU polls (ht 27/02/2017), Students
break
norms as FSU election nears: Padlocking, vandalism,
arson, clashes common at TU campuses (kp
28/02/2017), 12
injured as students clash (rep 28/012/2017), Explosion
at college in Gorkha, padlocking at another, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 28/02/2017), TU
to
colleges: Hold FSU polls today or never (kp
01/03/2017), Unions
padlock
campuses (kp 01/03/2017), Most
TU-affiliated campuses padlocked (rep 01/03/2017), Polls
held
at 170 TU colleges: TU Rector and Coordinator of
election committee says all results will be in by
Thursday evening (kp 02/03/2017), FSU
elections held in just 143 colleges (rep 02/03/2017)
FSU
poll
process hamstrung by arson, padlocking (kp
26/02/2017)
Old
heads
on young shoulders: Student elections have become no
more than an extension of the patronage politics on the
national stage, by Deepak Thapa (kp 23/02/2017)
Age
bar for FSU candidacy divides students, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 21/02/2017)
Major
parties
agree for FSU polls on set date (kp 16/02/2017), Student
union
polls deferred by 4 days (kp 17/02/2017), FSU
polls deferred for March 1 (rep 17/02/2017)
Govt
to remove padlocks from TU colleges, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 16/02/2017)
Student
politics:
Its role and future, by Lochan Acharya (ht
15/02/2017)
FSU
election
process gets underway: The TU’s affiliate and offshoot
campuses across the country will now release the voters’
list (kp 13/02/2017), 50pc
colleges
issue voter list; Free Student Union poll process
disrupted in some constituent colleges of TU due
to padlocking, by Samipa Khanal (kp 14/02/2017)
Fake
Student
Union (FSU): Yes, we need student unions, but they
should work for the students not the vested interests of
politicians, by Guffadi (kp 04/02/2017) [satirical
and true!]
Student
unions gear up for FSU elections nationwide: TU to hold
elections from Feb 25; Student candidates must be under
28 yrs, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 04/02/2017)
Students
seek
donations for FSU elections (kp 01/02/2017), NSU,
ANNFSU
supporters clash (kp 01/02/2017), NC
directs
NSU to agree to age bar (kp 03/02/2017)
Chief
secretary
directs agencies to tame pollution: Top bureaucrat asks
stakeholders to coordinate while carrying out
development projects (kp 29/01/2017)
After
3
call-offs in 8 years, FSU election set for next month
(kp 27/01/2017),
TU
publishes student union poll scheduleElection process
will start on February 12, voting on February 25, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 29/01/0217)
28-yr
age
limit set for FSU poll candidates (kp 05/01/2017)
Over
300
Nepali students competing for Hult Prize (kp
14/12/2016)
No
shut-down
of colleges, pledges NSU: Nepal Students’ Union has said
it will not resort to shut-down of academic institutions
as a tool for its protests (kp 01/09/2016)
Student
Unions Tool Of Petty Power Politics, by Kushal
Pokharel (kp 27/08/2016)
Pupil
power:
The role of student unions should be redefined to better
serve student needs (kp 18/08/2016)
Let
the
students grow: It is high time we helped students build
knowledge themselves rather than impart it to them,
by Gandhiv Kafle (kp 16/08/2016)
TU
yet
to start discussion on age bar for Free Student Union
polls (ht 23/07/2016)
Consensus
eludes
over FSU poll (kp 07/04/2016), NSU
gives
TU three days to announce date for FSU polls (ht
09/04/2016)
Police
drive
to curb student truancy draws outrage, by Anup Ojha
(kp 08/02/2016)
Student
absentee
rate soars in wake of Tarai unrest (kp 29/12/2015)
ANNISU-R
halts
classes in CTEVT institutions (ht 24/04/2015)
SC:
Hold
FSU election within three months, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 22/04/2015), Student
unions
urge TU to create environment for holding FSU polls
(ht 23/04/2015)
Faculty
of
Education students on war path (ht 17/03/2015)
ANNFSU
gives
two-month ultimatum to conduct FSU poll (ht
16/02/2015)
Hostel
business:
Disparities rampant without government regulation, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 18/01/2015) |