Kathmandu, June 17 -- While a committee of high-level government officials is conducting studies to recommend reforms on the medical education sector, activists and experts fighting for quality medical education have called for measures that benefit students rather than medical colleges.
The committee was formed in the second week of April under Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav.
The members of the committee include Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, Chairman of the University Grants Commission Bhim Prasad Subedi, member of National Planning Commission Usha Jha and former chairman of Nepal Medical Council Dr Dharma Kanta Baskota.
According to officials at the Educ...