- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५० BS · 1994 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १४: परराष्ट्र, शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद · Volume 14: Foreign Affairs, Education and Sports
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Includes amendments up to: 2064 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act establishes Purwanchal University, with its central office at Gothgaun in Sundar Haraicha Municipality, Morang, to run higher-education institutions in arts, science, law, management, education, technical and other subjects. Its stated aim is to raise the quality of education on a competitive basis, mainly through institutions run at the community level.कला, विज्ञान, कानून, व्यवस्थापन, शिक्षा, प्राविधिक र अन्य विषयका उच्च शिक्षण संस्था सञ्चालन गर्न यो ऐनले मोरङको सुन्दरहरैंचा नगरपालिकाको गोठगाउँमा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने गरी पूर्वाञ्चल विश्वविद्यालय स्थापना गरेको छ। प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक आधारमा शिक्षाको गुणस्तर बढाउनु र मुख्य रूपमा जनस्तरबाट सञ्चालित शिक्षण संस्थामार्फत उच्च शिक्षा दिनु यसको उद्देश्य हो। Nepal Law Commission Preamble, p. 1; Section 3, pp. 2–3
- The university consists of an Assembly (Sabha), Academic Council, Executive Council, Resource Council, campuses, faculties, a Service Commission and other bodies. The Assembly, chaired by the Chancellor, is the supreme body: it sets policy, manages campus establishment and affiliation, sets and awards degrees, approves the annual budget and programme and passes rules. Its members include the local first-past-the-post federal and provincial lawmakers, secretaries of the Education and Finance ministries, a National Planning Commission member, five scholars including at least two women, and the mayor and deputy mayor of the host municipality.विश्वविद्यालय सभा, प्राज्ञिक परिषद्, कार्यकारी परिषद्, साधन-स्रोत परिषद्, क्याम्पस, सङ्काय, सेवा आयोग र अन्य निकाय मिलेर बनेको हुन्छ। कुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा रहने सभा सर्वोच्च निकाय हो, जसले नीति बनाउँछ, क्याम्पस स्थापना र सम्बन्धनको व्यवस्था गर्छ, उपाधि तोकी प्रदान गर्छ, वार्षिक बजेट र कार्यक्रम स्वीकृत गर्छ र नियम पारित गर्छ। सभामा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहेको निर्वाचन क्षेत्रका पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने प्रणालीबाट निर्वाचित प्रतिनिधि सभा र प्रदेश सभा सदस्य, शिक्षा र अर्थ मन्त्रालयका सचिव, राष्ट्रिय योजना आयोगका सदस्य, कम्तीमा दुई महिलासहित पाँच विद्वान् तथा सम्बन्धित नगरपालिकाका प्रमुख र उपप्रमुख रहन्छन्। Nepal Law Commission Sections 5 and 7, pp. 3–5; Section 9, pp. 5–6
- The Prime Minister is Chancellor and may inspect and direct the university; the Education Minister is Pro-Chancellor. The Chancellor appoints the full-time Vice-Chancellor for four years on the recommendation of a committee chaired by the Pro-Chancellor. The Executive Council, chaired by the Vice-Chancellor with two deans, one teacher and the Registrar, is the executive body.प्रधानमन्त्री कुलपति हुन् र उनले विश्वविद्यालयको निरीक्षण गर्न र निर्देशन दिन सक्छन्; शिक्षामन्त्री सह-कुलपति हुन्छन्। सह-कुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा गठित समितिको सिफारिसमा कुलपतिले चार वर्षका लागि पूर्णकालीन उपकुलपति नियुक्त गर्छन्। उपकुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा दुई डीन, एक शिक्षक र रजिस्ट्रार रहने कार्यकारी परिषद् कार्यकारी निकाय हो। Nepal Law Commission Section 12, pp. 7–8; Sections 22–24, pp. 10–11
- The university has its own fund of government grants, donations, business and local-government contributions, fees and foreign assistance or loans; it needs government approval before receiving money from international or foreign sources. Accounts are kept under prevailing law and audited by the Auditor General.विश्वविद्यालयको सरकारी अनुदान, दान, उद्योग–व्यवसाय तथा स्थानीय तहको सहयोग, शुल्क र वैदेशिक सहायता वा ऋण रहने आफ्नै कोष हुन्छ; अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय वा विदेशी स्रोतबाट रकम लिँदा नेपाल सरकारको स्वीकृति लिनुपर्छ। लेखा प्रचलित कानूनबमोजिम राखिन्छ र महालेखापरीक्षकबाट लेखापरीक्षण हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 31–32, pp. 13–14
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Spending has bypassed the Assembly. Section 9 gives the Assembly the power to approve the annual budget and programme, but the Auditor General found that in 2081/82 the Executive Council decided on and spent allowances and benefits without Assembly approval — Rs 2.876 million for house rent, Rs 1.18 million as a ten-day-salary incentive for convocation staff and Rs 43.184 million for an official-perks liability.सभाको स्वीकृतिबिना खर्च भएको छ। दफा ९ ले वार्षिक बजेट र कार्यक्रम स्वीकृत गर्ने अधिकार सभालाई दिएको छ, तर महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार २०८१/८२ मा कार्यकारी परिषद्ले सभाको अनुमोदनबिना घरभाडाबापत रु. २८ लाख ७६ हजार, दीक्षान्त समारोहमा संलग्नलाई दश दिनको तलब बराबरको प्रोत्साहन भत्ता रु. ११ लाख ८० हजार र पदीय सुविधा दायित्वबापत रु. ४ करोड ३१ लाख ८४ हजार खर्च गर्ने निर्णय गरी खर्च लेख्यो। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission OAG 63rd Annual Report, Ministry of Education chapter, Purwanchal University para 72, printed p. 451 (PDF p. 483); Act s. 9, pp. 5–6
- Capacity Staffing is not based on need, and many programmes are under-used. Section 5 sets out the university's organisation, but the Auditor General found it had never carried out an organisation and management survey of its units: of 1,071 approved posts (315 academic, 756 administrative) 620 were vacant. In 2081/82 its nine constituent campuses admitted 1,010 students against a quota of 1,836 (55%), some programmes admitted no one, and the average teacher–student ratio was 1:7 (a population centre had five teachers and no students). The university had also issued five procedures without delegated authority under the Act.आवश्यकताका आधारमा दरबन्दी तय भएको छैन र धेरै कार्यक्रमको क्षमता उपयोग भएको छैन। दफा ५ ले विश्वविद्यालयको सङ्गठनको व्यवस्था गरे पनि महालेखापरीक्षकका अनुसार मातहतका निकायको सङ्गठन तथा व्यवस्थापन सर्वेक्षण नै भएको छैन: स्वीकृत १,०७१ दरबन्दी (शैक्षिक ३१५, प्रशासनिक ७५६) मध्ये ६२० रिक्त थिए। २०८१/८२ मा नौ आङ्गिक क्याम्पसमा १,८३६ को भर्ना कोटामा १,०१० (५५ प्रतिशत) मात्र भर्ना भए, केही कार्यक्रममा भर्ना शून्य रह्यो, र औसत शिक्षक–विद्यार्थी अनुपात १:७ थियो (जनसङ्ख्या तथा विकास केन्द्रमा पाँच शिक्षक तर विद्यार्थी शून्य)। ऐनले अधिकार नदिए पनि विश्वविद्यालयले पाँच कार्यविधि आफैँ स्वीकृत गरी लागू गरेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission OAG 63rd Annual Report, Ministry of Education chapter, para 22, printed p. 433 (PDF p. 465); Purwanchal University paras 73, 74 and 78, printed pp. 451–452 (PDF pp. 483–484); Act s. 5, p. 3
Ideas to fix it
- Control spending on allowances and benefits that the Assembly has not approved; carry out an organisation and management survey and set teacher and staff posts on the basis of workload and student numbers; review admission quotas and fees and develop courses and a strategy to attract students; and survey and fence the 805 bigha of land the government allotted in Morang.सभाबाट अनुमोदन नभएका भत्ता र सुविधामा खर्च नियन्त्रण गर्ने; सङ्गठन तथा व्यवस्थापन सर्वेक्षण गरी कार्यबोझ र विद्यार्थी सङ्ख्याका आधारमा शिक्षक–कर्मचारी दरबन्दी तय गर्ने; भर्ना कोटा र शुल्क पुनरावलोकन गरी विद्यार्थी आकर्षित गर्ने पाठ्यक्रम र रणनीति बनाउने; र मोरङमा सरकारले उपलब्ध गराएको ८०५ बिघा जग्गाको नापी, सीमाङ्कन र संरक्षण गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (62nd and 63rd Annual Reports) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.