Kathmandu: A meeting of agitating professors and Ministry of Education facilitated by University Grants Commission (UGC) today decided to form a taskforce to make recommendations to the government for ending the deadlock in higher education.

Prof Ganesh Man Gurung, chairperson, UGC, said,“Professors and the education minister had reached understanding on forming a six-member taskforce comprising the president and general secretary of three professors’ organisations aligned to Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and UCPN-Maoist.”

Professors aligned to NC, Democratic Professors Association, and UCPN-M-aligned Nepal National Professors Organisation had padlocked the central offices of universities seventeen days ago against appointment of vice chancellors in seven universities, including Tribhuvan University. There is hope UGC mediation will help resolve issues, a source said.

source: The Himalayan Times