Stint in rural areas to merit up to 10 credits

Kathmandu, February 28:

The Ministry of Education and Sports has sent the new draft of Scholarship Regulation 2063 to the cabinet for approval.

Spokesperson for the ministry, Laba Prasad Tripathi, said the amendment of the regulation was made to encourage medical graduates to go to remote places.

“We have decided to give more credits to the doctors working in remote places when selecting candidates for post graduate programme as well as scholarship for abroad studies,” he said.

Under the new regulations, districts have been categorised into three groups on the basis of their distance from the capital. The doctors stationed in headquarters will get eight credits and those outside headquarters will be given 10 credits in Group A districts. In Group B districts, six credits will be given to those working in headquarters and eight credits for those working outside the headquarters. Working in headquarters of Group C districts will merit three credits and those stationed outside will get five credits. The districts in the valley fall in Group D. Only one credit will be given in core capital area and two credits will be given to those working in capital suburbs.

“The districts will be determined once the regulation gets cabinet approval,” said an official at the ministry.