PM directs not to increase medical education fee

January 24 , Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the Medical Education Commission not to increase the fee of medical education.

In a meeting with the Commission on Friday  PM Oli directed the officials to decrease the fee.

The Commission had proposed to the increase of existing fee for MBBS programme by  8 hundred thousand Rupees.

The  meeting  has now formed a seven-member taskforce under the coordination of Minister for Education, Science and Technology Krishna Gopal Shrestha to decide on the fee on the proposed medical subjects.

The taskforce comprises of members including  Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi, Education Secretary Gopinath Mainali, Health Secretary Laxman Aryal, Member (Education) of National Planning Commission Dr Usha Jha, Vice-Chairman of Medical Education Commission Dr Krishna Giri and its Member Secretary Dilliram Luitel.