This is not for the first time that student union representatives have appropriated the money collected from students desperate for their admission to campuses. The latest case involves a number of students reportedly duped by the president of the preliminary committee of All Nepal National Free Students’ Union of Ratna Rajya Campus. Some union office-bearers are reported to demand more for admission by way of commission. Indeed, there have been in operation several types of racket at TU, including acceptance of money from examinees with promises of seeing them through the examinations. Some employees and even teachers are said to be involved.

It is puzzling why campus authorities allow admission through back door long after all the admission process has been closed for the year. For many years, TU has been conducting entrance tests for students. Except for a very few subjects, such as Medicine and Engineering,

almost all applicants are passed through results that are announced in phases. Why has then this charade been taking place year in, year out, despite the fact that it will lead to overcrowding in the classrooms? If even latecomers are to be enrolled at the recommendation

of union officials and others, then what is the use of announcing the admission deadline? However, if applied with rigour and conducted with fairness, both requirements serve a highly useful purpose. If not, they tend only to engender malpractices.