Nepali Congress central member and Education Department Chief Nain Singh Mahar has expressed his dissatisfaction over the postponement of the senate meeting of Tribhuvan University.

It is not good to postpone the senate meeting at the direction of Chancellor and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

“The post of Vice Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University has been lying vacant since March 28. It is not a natural thing to postpone the annual meeting of the TU Assembly at the direction of the Prime Minister at this time,” Mahara said while giving a brief response to media persons in the premises of the central office.

Saying that the university is an academic institution, he was of the opinion that it should proceed according to the annual calendar.

He pointed out that this could send a message that the government is not serious towards Nepal's education.

“The School Education Bill is under discussion for a long time. The government’s commitment to bring the School Education Act on March 28 has not been fulfilled yet. The government and the Parliament have not been able to achieve much success in making laws. This will decline trust in the government,” he said.

“It is not good to cancel that the meeting called to endorse the budget of the Tribhuvan University for next year and the list of 90,000 students who have received academic degrees (grace list) at the direction of the Chancellor. The Prime Minister should move ahead on the path of reform,” leader Mahara said.

The meeting which was supposed to be held on Friday was postponed for Sunday as the Prime Minister was on a visit. The meeting was deferred again at the instruction of the Prime Minister, Mahar further said.

Prime Minister Oli is to leave for Humla to inaugurate the bridge on Sunday by postponing the TU’s senate meeting.