The offices of office bearers of the Tribhuvan University have resumed after padlocks on them were removed after 140 days. Nepal Students Union, a student wing of the governing Nepali Congress and part-time teachers padlocked the offices of TU Vice Chancellor, Registrar and Rector since 21 January, putting forth various demands.
Following request from various quarters, the protesters removed the padlock on June 12. After padlocked removed offices of officials has been resumed on a regular basis from today.
Meanwhile Tribhuvan University has formed a committee to investigate the repetition of question papers in its recent exams for two papers of Master’s degree under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Three-member committee has been formed to probe the matter and it is coordinated by Professor Ghanashyam Bhattarai.
The committee is mandated to submit a study report within a week. The question paper for MA degree in Economics (third semester, course title - Public Economics) for June 1 exam and the paper for MA degree in Political Science (first semester, course title- International Politics) for June 6 exams were allegedly repeated from the previous exams.
The 13 questions for 60 marks question paper were said to be ditto from the previous two exams. The negligence of those assigned for setting the question papers is blamed for the issue. However, TU has its experts’ team to set the question papers.