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.