{"id":5482,"date":"2025-07-11T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:45:28","slug":"tribhuvan-university-approves-211-million-budget-amid-rising-financial-irregularities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/tribhuvan-university-approves-211-million-budget-amid-rising-financial-irregularities.html","title":{"rendered":"Tribhuvan University Approves $211 Million Budget Amid Rising Financial Irregularities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student unions protest exclusion from key meeting held at Prime Minister\u2019s residence<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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\nKathmandu,Date: July 11, 2025 (27 Asar 2082, Nepali Calendar)<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s largest and oldest university, Tribhuvan University (TU), has approved a budget of NPR 28.12 billion (approx. USD 211 million) for the upcoming fiscal year 2082\/83. The budget was endorsed at a controversial university assembly meeting held on Thursday at Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli\u2019s official residence in Baluwatar, rather than the university\u2019s own premises.<\/p>\n

Registrar Prof. Dr. Kedar Prasad Rijal presented the budget at the meeting, which came just a day after PM Oli appointed Prof. Dr. Deepak Aryal as the new Vice Chancellor. The university\u2019s annual assembly, originally scheduled for Asar 22 (July 6), had been postponed until now.<\/p>\n

Escalating Financial Mismanagement<\/p>\n

The budget approval has been overshadowed by growing concerns over financial mismanagement. According to the 62nd Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General, TU has accumulated financial irregularities totaling NPR 30.55 billion (approx. USD 229 million) \u2014 an increase of NPR 2.23 billion compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

Despite repeated reminders, the university has failed to reconcile these audit discrepancies for the past three fiscal years, raising alarm over accountability in Nepal\u2019s higher education sector.<\/p>\n

Controversial Meeting Sparks Student Outrage<\/p>\n

The meeting has also drawn sharp criticism from various student unions, including the Nepal Student Union (NSU) and All Nepal National Free Students’ Union (Revolutionary), for not including any student representatives.<\/p>\n

The Free Student Union issued a formal statement condemning the meeting, calling it a violation of democratic norms within educational institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cA university assembly held without student participation, at a politically symbolic venue like the PM\u2019s residence, is unacceptable and undermines the autonomy of academic institutions,\u201d said Deepak Raj Joshi, president of the union.<\/p>\n

Key Priorities in the New Budget<\/p>\n

Tribhuvan University has outlined several academic and structural goals for the upcoming year:<\/p>\n

Development of labor market-oriented curricula<\/p>\n

Strategies to attract international students<\/p>\n

Greater focus on research, academic conferences, workshops, and seminars<\/p>\n

The university has also approved the 63rd graduation list, covering 89,191 students who have completed their degrees across various faculties and levels.<\/p>\n

PM and Education Minister Emphasize Reform<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Oli, who also serves as the university’s Chancellor, called for making TU a \u201ccompetitive and capable institution of the 21st century.\u201d
\nEducation Minister Raghuraj Pant emphasized that the higher education sector must align with Nepal\u2019s national goal of a \u201cProsperous Nepal, Happy Nepali.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Deepak Aryal stated that the university should aim to enroll at least 1% international students \u2014 roughly 4,000 \u2014 as part of its global outreach efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Student unions protest exclusion from key meeting held at Prime Minister\u2019s residence Kathmandu,Date: July 11, 2025 (27 Asar 2082, Nepali Calendar) Nepal\u2019s largest and oldest university, Tribhuvan University (TU), has approved a budget of NPR 28.12 billion (approx. USD 211 million) for the upcoming fiscal year 2082\/83. The budget was endorsed at a controversial university […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-education","category-nepal","category-top-stories-of-madhesh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_20250711_074545_Samsung-Internet-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1336&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS11m-1qq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}