KMC positive on managing community campus in Valley

Kathmandu, Dec. 22

Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), Bidya Sundar Shakya said that the metropolis would mull extending cooperation in managing a community campus in the Valley.

Speaking at the 31^st anniversary programme of Janamaitri Multiple Campus in Kuleshwor Height on Wednesday, he expressed his readiness about further discussions on the topic.

He said that even though they had done well in physical infrastructure by allocating large amount of money in the field of education, they have not been able to go beyond that. He said, "I will discuss this proposal, but it is not easy to materialize this. There are risks that other campuses will start chasing me why the KMC chose a certain college, in this case JMC, and why not theirs?"

However, Mayor Shakya said that the KMC would discuss the management of the college.

Chairman of JMC's Board of Directors and economist, Dr. Dilli Raj Khanal, said that the campus had made efforts to create a robust infrastructure to extend quality education at a reasonable cost. "The campus would not compromise in terms of quality education," he said.

Campus Chief Bholanath Ojha said that the KMC should run a campus as Bhaktapur Municipality is running Khwopa College.

"If the KMC wants to run the college, it would be better to run the campus by playing a coordinating role between Kathmandu Metropolitan City and this people-friendly multi-purpose campus just like Bhaktapur Municipality runs Khwopa College."

According to him, same modality could be applied in terms of JMC. The campus had proposed the subject to the KMC a couple of years ago.

JMC is the first community college in the valley to have a Quality Assurance Accreditation (QAA) by the University Grants Commission. More than 1,600 students are pursuing their secondary and higher education in various areas, including humanities, management, computer science and education, here. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 December 2021.