According to the binding rules of the Medical Education Commission, nursing colleges that do not have their own hospitals will not be allowed to admit students from the new academic session. As a result, more than 100 private nursing colleges are closing.
At a time when there is a high risk of corona epidemic across the country and there is a need for more nurses, the Medical Education Commission has made it mandatory for a nursing college to have its own hospital with 100 beds. According to the National Medical Education Act 2075 of the Commission, the schools conducting nursing subjects have to have their own 100-bed compulsory hospital.
The commission had given the colleges two years to build the hospital. This period ended last year. Even after two years, the schools under the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) have not been able to build their own hospital. Even the nursing colleges run under the university do not have their own hospitals.
Not only that, CTEVT spokesperson Binod Badal said that even the five affiliated colleges of CTEVT do not have their own hospital. According to him, 90 schools do not have their own hospital as they are affiliated with CTEVT. He said that 20 nursing colleges of other universities do not have their own hospitals.
Spokesperson Badal said that despite repeated written requests to the Commission for Education, Science and Technology and Nursing to resolve the issue, no solution has been found so far. As a result, 3,600 students who have passed the SEE this time will not be able to get nursing education under CTEVT, he said.
At present, there are 113 private health schools run by CTEVT. Of these, 90 schools do not have their own private hospitals. In this case, those who participate in the SEE this time will not be admitted to the three-year diploma course.
Dilli Luintel, member secretary and spokesperson of the Medical Education Commission, said there were complaints about problems in nursing. He said that the issue was discussed but the provisions in the Act and its problems could not be resolved without amending the Act.
