Nepal Rastriya Dainik
April 17, 2026 ,
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No entrance exam for PCL Nursing from now on

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Kathmandu – There will be no entrance exam for the three-year PCL Nursing (Staff Nurse) program run by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) from this year.

The council has decided to select students on the basis of GPA, considering the grading system of SEE to be scientific and transparent. With this, the obligation of interested students from all over the country to travel to Kathmandu for the entrance exam has been removed.

CTEVT has changed the entrance exam policy as seats are becoming vacant in quotas other than Nursing, Health Assistant (HA), and Pharmacy. The new policy has been adopted saying that questions have been raised about the appropriateness of the entrance exam after fewer students started participating in some programs than the specified quota.

The council has now made arrangements to allow students to apply online based on GPA. Students who have obtained a minimum GPA of 2.0 or a second division according to the old SLC system can apply.

In addition, a special arrangement has been made to give priority to students who studied in government schools. 1 point will be added to the GPA of those who studied in government schools, while only 0.85 points will be added to the GPA of students who came from private boarding schools. Thus, a clear advantage of 0.15 points has been given to students from government schools.

Medical Education Commission determines quota for PCL nursing

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Kathmandu – The Medical Education Commission has determined seats for certificate level programs in medical education under the Technical and Vocational Training Council.

The seats were determined based on the report presented in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Currently, seats have been determined for 285 educational institutions, including non-profit and private ones. The meeting also discussed legal facilitation to allow medical colleges to operate PCL nursing programs.

The report of the task force formed to prepare a draft of the criteria for determining the fees for undergraduate and postgraduate educational programs in medical education and to recommend the determination of tuition fees for the upcoming academic session has been tabled.

The meeting approved the program and budget for the internal resources of the Commission for the upcoming fiscal year. Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Oli directed to do the homework of timely amendments to the Medical Education Act, 2057 BS and to make the commission effective by limiting it to its actual scope of work. He said that the education sector should not be planned but should be expanded and facilitated while maintaining quality.