- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५३ BS · 1996 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: 2066 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 set up Pokhara University, headquartered in Kaski district, as an autonomous corporate body to expand quality higher education in arts, science, law, management, education, technical and professional fields with greater private-sector participation. Its bodies are the Assembly, academic and executive councils, a service commission for hiring staff, faculties, research and curriculum centres and campuses; it may affiliate colleges and absorb other campuses as constituent campuses.उच्च शिक्षामा निजी क्षेत्रको सहभागिता बढाउँदै कला, विज्ञान, कानून, व्यवस्थापन, शिक्षा, प्राविधिक र अन्य व्यावसायिक विषयमा गुणस्तरीय उच्च शिक्षा विस्तार गर्न कास्की जिल्लामा केन्द्रीय कार्यालय रहने गरी स्वशासित संगठित संस्थाका रूपमा पोखरा विश्वविद्यालय स्थापना भएको हो। सभा, प्राज्ञिक र कार्यकारी परिषद्, शिक्षक–कर्मचारी छनोटका लागि सेवा आयोग, संकाय, अनुसन्धान र पाठ्यक्रम विकास केन्द्र तथा क्याम्पस यसका अंग हुन्; यसले कलेजलाई सम्बन्धन दिन र अन्य क्याम्पसलाई आङ्गिक क्याम्पसका रूपमा लिन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Preamble; Sections 3–5, 14–21, pp. 1–10
- The Prime Minister is Chancellor and the education minister Pro-Chancellor; the Assembly, chaired by the Chancellor, is the supreme body and includes officials, academics, deans, local mayors, campus chiefs, teachers' and professors' representatives, the University Grants Commission chair, social workers, business people and farmers (including women) and student union presidents. The full-time Vice-Chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor for four years on the recommendation of a committee chaired by the Chancellor.प्रधानमन्त्री कुलपति र शिक्षामन्त्री सहकुलपति हुन्छन्; कुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा रहने सभा सर्वोच्च निकाय हो, जसमा पदाधिकारी, शिक्षाविद्, डीन, स्थानीय नगरप्रमुख, क्याम्पस प्रमुख, शिक्षक र प्राध्यापक संघका प्रतिनिधि, विश्वविद्यालय अनुदान आयोगका अध्यक्ष, समाजसेवी, उद्योगी–व्यापारी–कृषक (महिलासहित) र स्ववियु सभापति रहन्छन्। पूर्णकालीन उपकुलपति कुलपतिको अध्यक्षतामा रहने समितिको सिफारिसमा कुलपतिबाट चार वर्षका लागि नियुक्त हुन्छन्। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 7, 22–25, pp. 3–11
- The University's accounts are audited by the Auditor General. It must work in line with the government's national education policy, makes its own rules, and since the 2077 amendment must provide free higher education and scholarships to specified disadvantaged groups. If dissolved, its property passes to the government.विश्वविद्यालयको लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ। यसले सरकारको राष्ट्रिय शिक्षा नीतिअनुरूप काम गर्नुपर्छ, आफ्ना नियम आफैँ बनाउँछ, र २०७७ को संशोधनपछि तोकिएका पिछडिएका समूहलाई निःशुल्क उच्च शिक्षा र छात्रवृत्ति दिनुपर्छ। विघटन भएमा यसको सम्पत्ति नेपाल सरकारमा जान्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text Sections 30, 32क, 33, 40–41, pp. 14–16
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Capacity The Auditor General's 63rd report found that of 1,372 ropani of land in Pokhara Metropolitan City given to Pokhara University by the government for its use, more than 625 ropani has been encroached on.महालेखापरीक्षकको ६३औँ प्रतिवेदनअनुसार नेपाल सरकारबाट भोगाधिकार पाएको पोखरा महानगरपालिकाका विभिन्न वडाको १,३७२ रोपनी जग्गामध्ये ६२५ रोपनीभन्दा बढी अतिक्रमणमा परेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd report, summary chapter para 76, PDF p. 70 (printed p. 40)
- Unclear The same report notes that, although the university Acts let universities make rules, they do not delegate power to make procedures and directives; Pokhara University has nonetheless approved and applied 22 directives and procedures without such authority.सोही प्रतिवेदनअनुसार विश्वविद्यालयलाई ऐनले नियम बनाउने अधिकार दिए पनि कार्यविधि र निर्देशिका बनाउने अधिकार प्रत्यायोजन गरेको छैन; यद्यपि पोखरा विश्वविद्यालयले ऐनले अधिकार नदिँदै २२ वटा निर्देशिका तथा कार्यविधि स्वीकृत गरी कार्यान्वयन गरेको छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated official text OAG 63rd report, Ministry of Education chapter para 22, PDF p. 465 (printed p. 433); Act Section 41, p. 16
Ideas to fix it
- The Auditor General recommends that universities keep a central register of their property, recover encroached land in coordination with the relevant bodies, protect it and use it for income.विश्वविद्यालयले सम्पत्तिको केन्द्रीय लगत राखी सम्बन्धित निकायसँग समन्वय गरी अतिक्रमित जग्गा फिर्ता लिई संरक्षण गर्नुपर्ने र आयमूलक काममा उपयोग गर्नुपर्ने महालेखापरीक्षकको सुझाव छ। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) 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.