SC orders medical colleges not to enrol more students than given seats

August 13, Kathmandu: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order to the medical colleges not to enrol more students than the seats allocated by the Nepal Medical Council.

In case the medical colleges received more students, they are directed to adjust a such number of seats under the scholarship scheme in the next academic session, reads the verdict given by a division bench of Justices Anil Kumar Sinha and Tej Bahadur KC.

Likewise, the SC has ordered the authorities to carry out inspection and monitoring to confirm the implementation of the verdict.

Furthermore, the court has also ordered the authorities to assess the impartiality and work performance of the officials deployed to monitor the medical colleges.