The three-member committee formed on July 3 by the Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) has asked the board to seek clarification from the colleges. Similarly, the committee also recommended the board to publish the name of those institutions in national newspapers as a first warning.[break]
KATHMANDU, July 7: The committee has analyzed the advertisements of 26 Valley-based colleges published in national newspapers between SLC result and July 4. It found that 22 colleges of Kathmandu, three from Lalitpur and one from Bhaktapur violated the code of conduct.
Most of the colleges were found using the photos and profile of those students who topped in medicine and engineering faculties in higher studies.
The HSEB Code of Conduct issued last year restricts using the photos of eminent figures or the successful personalities for the advertisement of the higher secondary schools and colleges. Institutions are prohibited from using wall papers and hoarding boards with and photos of president, vice-president, prime minister, ministers, government secretaries, former government officials, ambassadors and artists, among others.
The board can slap a fine of up to Rs 50, 000 to the colleges for violating the rule for the first time, and Rs 100,000 for the second time.
The license of the colleges that repeatedly violate the code of conduct can be scrapped.
Likewise, some colleges were also found operating plus two classes without HSEB´s approval.
Receiving the report, Joint Secretary Narayan Koirala said that the colleges would be asked clarifications for overstepping the norm.
Though an individual or organizations can´t be punished for violating the ethical codes, the rule on advertisement was passed by the cabinet to regulate the colleges in absence of any other provisions, he added.
Last week, 17 plus two colleges that were found to be violating admission norms and employing prohibited means for advertisements replied to the HSEB saying that they would follow the board´s directives.
After monitoring the Valley-based higher secondary schools and plus two colleges, the HSEB, on June 25, had sought clarification from 29 institutions for violating the board´s directive against the use of hoarding boards to attract students.
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