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.