In an era when education is considered to be the most valuable capital, there are regions across Nepal that still yearn to see schools and colleges. However, the commitment expressed by the Kailali Mutiple Campus in the far western region of the country to invest Rs 15 million if the government agreed to establish a University there comes as manna for the people who wish to see a university established at Kailali. The campus, which is among the only two colleges in the region, apart from being the only multiple campus, has not only been providing education to over 400 students of the downtrodden Tharu community but has also been providing free education to dozens of children of the freed bonded labourers.

Since Kailali is centrally located, a university there would be accessible to students from across the region. Dearth of colleges in various regions of the country has compelled students to come to the capital to pursue their higher studies. Establishment of colleges and universities, possibly in all the development regions, would not only help students undertake studies in their own place but also reduce the financial burden that they would otherwise be forced to shoulder. Nevertheless, it is all the more important that the new universities set high benchmarks —something that sadly has been ignored by commercially motivated colleges and universities — so as to be able to produce high quality intellectual capital.