KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Chairman of the Federal Council of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai has accused the CPN-UML leader and member of the House of Representatives, Dr Bhim Rawal, of having a fake PhD.

The very idea of requiring a written qualifying exam for a PhD is by definition absurd since nobody could qualify as the examiner.

Are all PhDs worth?

February 23, 2020 09:30 am

Education generates infinite virtues and values for overall betterment of humankind and nations. Notable classical oriental scholar and academician Confucius would gauge education on caliber of imparting virtues, wisdom, courtesy, skills and positive thoughts. But in recent decades, education has become less socio-pragmatic and more profit-making business for commissioning certificates.

Problems of PhD students

June 18, 2016 08:24 am

This is just a story of a Ph.D. student, and now we can imagine how getting Dr. in front of our names is making some students mental patients.

SURKHET, June 8: Mid-Western University has decided to award an honorary doctorate to litterateur Jhamak Kumari Ghimire. The university announced the decision on Tuesday at its fifth senate meeting presided over by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the chancellor of the university. "Mid-Western University's Senate meeting has decided to present an honorary doctorate to Ghimire," Vice-Chancellor Prof Upendra Kumar Koirala said. "The honorary PhD will be awarded to her at the university's first convocation to be held soon."