Kathmandu, March 2:

The Pokhara University (PU) Free Students Union Central Ad-hoc Committee today requested the nine-member committee, for-med by the government to investigate the PU’s activities, to hold discussion on the students’ demands and submit a report at the earliest.

“Delay in solving the problems ailing the university will further delay the examinations, so we request the principals, teachers and deans to take the matter seriously and work towards solving the problem,” stated a press release issued here today.

On February 22, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) had formed a nine-member committee under the co-ordination of Prof Dr Uttam Narayan Shrestha of PU to investigate the activities in the university and submit a report.

The FSU has been staging a PU lockout since the past 20 days affecting works in all the 23 affiliate colleges.

The students have forwarded a 17-point charter of demands including quashing of the semester barrier, provision of unlimited credit limit and proper alternative management for failing students, among others.

The students have ssaid that the university management is not interested in looking into their demands.

“Students are interested to solve the problem but no one else in the university is interested to hold talks to solve them,” said Santosh Bhusal, advisor of the FSU.

The press release further stated that the ministry should probe the issues and should take due action against who had been playing with the future of 6,000 students.