Kathmandu, June 6:

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Tribhuvan University, Professor Dr Madhav Prasad Sharma, has called for the immediate appointment of the registrar and rector in the university.

Speaking at an interaction here today, Dr Sharma said, “As the executive council, which comprises the VC, registrar and rector, must appropriate the budget for the coming fiscal year, the two vacant positions must be filled at the earliest.” The executive council of the TU comprises VC, registrar as the member secretary and the rector as the vice-president of the council.

The government should allocate 25 per cent of its budget for the education sector, he said, calling for “academic and financial decentralisation in the sector.” Bhupati Dhakal, the Nepal University Teachers’ Association president, called for introduction of an education policy suitable for the 21st century.