Faculty of Education

                    
The university was established with the following objectives:

Faculty of Education (FoE) is the leading institution in the field of teacher education in the country. FoE started as College of Education in 1956 before the establishment of TU in 1959. It is the largest faculty of Tribhuvan University in terms of the number of students and the affiliated campuses. With 26 constituent campuses and 590 affiliated colleges throughout the country, it has the biggest network of teacher  education. The main  goal  of FoE  is to  produce  trained  school  teachers  and  teacher

educators. It also produces educational planners and managers, educational researchers, curriculum designers and all sorts of human resources needed for the educational sectors of the country through its different programmes.

The Ph.D programme in education was initiated in 1996 with a view to preparing high level academic and researchers in the field of education. Twenty-six Ph.D scholars have successfully completed dissertation and Ph.D degree has been

conferred on them by  the  university.  Currently 48 Ph.D candidates are doing their Ph.D research works in different fields of study such as English, Nepali, Health, Mathematics, science education, curriculum, educational planning, special needs, and so on.  Master  of  Philosophy  programme in Education with specialization in Curriculum Studies, Development Studies and Leadership Studies has been running since 2006. Only 96 students have completed all requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy so far.

FoE also plans, develops and implements new courses and programmes by mobilizing its internal financial resources as well as by working with national and international collaborations. The courses of M.Ed. first, second and third semester  have  been  developed,  disseminated and implemented in the Central Department of Education, Kirtipur. Master of Teacher Education (M.T.Ed.) through open and distance learning (ODL) mode, M.Ed. in Biology, Physics  and ICT Education are new programmes of  the faculty.

M.T.Ed. is being supported by the National Centre for Educational Development (NCED), and JAMK University of Applied Science and HAMK University of Applied Science. Self-learning materials  (SLMs)  required  for  implementing the programme through ODL mode have been prepared. M.T.Ed. programme in Nepali, Health Education, and Curriculum and Evaluation have been implemented in 6 campuses from the 5 developmental zones, viz Dadeldhura Education Campus, Surkhet Education Campus, Butwal Multiple Campus, Gorkha Multiple Campus, Sanothimi Campus and Surya Narayan Satya Narayan Morvoita Multiple Campus, Siraha. M.Ed. programmes are offered in Biology Education in Gorkha and Sanothimi Campus, and in Physics Education in Mahendra Ratna Campus for last two years; M.Ed. in ICT Ed. in Sanothimi Campus since 2014 and in the Central Department of Education, Kirtipur from this year are running with the financial support of the Second Higher Education Project.

Likewise, M.Ed. in Special Needs Education is a recently introduced programme in the Central Department of Education in collaboration with Changwon National University, South Korea. Teacher Preparation Course (TPC) is also new non-degree programme. It is one-year training programme which is specially designed for those working teachers and fresh candidates with educational qualification of grade 12 or equivalent degree.

Currently FoE has planned to implement 4 Year B.Ed. programme in the annual system and 9 Semester   B.Ed.   programme   in   the   semester

system from the coming academic session. Four Year B.Ed. Programme includes communication skills of 200 marks, educational core areas of 300 marks, specialization in the major subject of 1000 marks, minor subject of 500 marks and teaching internship/practicum of 100 marks. Semester- based B.Ed. programme will be of 138 credit hours and includes communication skills of 12 credit hours, educational core areas of 24 credit hours, specialization major subject of 60 credit hours, minor subject of 30 credit hours and teaching internship/practicum of 9 credit hours. FoE has planned to introduce the semester-based B.Ed. programme in ICT Education, Social Studies and Special Needs Education in the near future. In order to enhance the quality of Ph.D programme, FoE is preparing to implement coursework-based Ph.D programme soon in collaboration with Danish Universities under Building Stronger University (BSU) project.

ICT awareness training (100 hours) for the teaching and non-teaching faculty members was conducted in different campuses; refresher training for some teaching and non-teaching faculty members was also conducted. FoE provides grants to purchase computers and to establish ICT labs so that campuses can run ICT training for its teaching and non-teaching staff.

In order to ensure effective teaching in the affiliated as well as constituent campuses, the Dean’s Office made a monitoring visit to the affiliated campuses of different districts. Similarly, monitoring visit was made to the Prithwi Narayan Campus, Pokhara to make teaching practice programme effective. In order to enhance the quality of teaching practice and improve the competence of teaching practice supervisors for different disciplines, FoE has already organized several workshops in different parts of the country.

 Programmes of FoE

FoE offers the following academic as well as professional programmes:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
Two-YearEd.
Three-Year Ed
One-Year Ed.
Teacher Preparation Course (TPC)


Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Introduction
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FoHSS) aims at producing specialized human resources in the area of humanities, social science, and computer applications. In terms of subjects offered and the number of faculty it is the largest faculties. There are 30 constituent campuses along with more than 300 affiliated colleges under this faculty. FoHSS provides affiliation based on the following categories:

New Affiliations from the
Programme (Subjects) extensions to already affiliated campuses/colleges
                    

The university was established with the following objectives:

Main objectives of TU

                    

The university was established with the following objectives:

To prepare capable human resources required for the overall development of Nepal
To impart standard higher education
To protect and develop national culture and tradition
To involve in extensive, empirical and timely creation of knowledge and research in the fields of arts, science, technology and vocation
TU Senate

It is the supreme decision-making body on policies, budget, and rules and regulations for running the university. It consists of 52 members.

 Councils of TU
There are 4 councils constituted as major decision- making bodies of the university.

 Executive Council

Executing  the  decisions  of  the  Senate,  making decisions on grants, giving affiliation to private

campuses, and appointing the university officials are its major functions. It consists of 7 members.

Academic Council

The academic council makes decisions on educational policies and practices regarding curricula, teaching, examinations and research and comprises of 50 members.

Research Coordination Council

It formulates policies on TU research activities, approves guidelines for researchers and coordinates the functions of university level research organizations. Centre for Research is the secretariat of the council. The council consists of 27 members.

Planning Council

The  planning  council  performs  an  advisory role of preparing short and long-term plans, developing annual programmes and evaluating the implementation of programmes. It consists of 29 members.

Academic Programmes

Tribhuvan University committed and dedicated to makes a source and centre of quality education, setting up a culture of learning in the country and promoting the notion of national and global peace and harmony. Recently, the Tribhuvan University made a decision to start semester system at the Central Departments. All the departments, except the Central Department of Law, introduced the semester system. This systemic change was introduced to enforce the academic calendar, to make students full time students dedicated to their studies, to reduce financial burden on students and their parents by making the students complete the degree in time, to respond to the growing concern of the stakeholders about enhancing the academic quality of university education through academic rigor, to revitalize the fame, popularity, credibility and contribution of the university as the oldest centre of higher learning and the central and leading university of Nepal.

The Faculty of Management and Institute of Science and Technology have decided to extend the semester system in Master’s degree outside the

central department from this year. Other Faculties are still planning for extension. Adopting the semester system is really going to prove a daunting task for such a large university spread all over the country. However, if the nation prioritizes education and gives desirable financial support to the university, TU will definitely move ahead on the path of achieving academic excellence and will be able to supply capable manpower to meet the growing challenges of the time.

Since its inception, TU, the state owned university, has expanded its programmes in different disciplines. There are 5 technical institutes and 4 general faculties. TU offers profi   certifi     level courses only in nursing. It has a wide range of course offerings in Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. TU offers M. Phil. and Ph.D. degree in different disciplines both at the Technical Institutes and Faculty.

TU conducted its programmes only through its constituent campuses prior to 1980. As the number of the students willing to acquire higher education was increasing day by day, it was not possible for the university to  accommodate  all  the  students in the constituent  campuses.  This  situation  led to the establishment of colleges in the private sector. From 1979 –80, TU started providing affiliation to private colleges to conduct various programmes at different levels. One thousand eighty  four  (1084)  private  colleges  spread  all over the country have so far received affiliations from TU.

TU has 7966 teaching faculty and 7230 non- teaching  staff  including   the   support   staff   in its constituent campuses. The total number of employees is 15196 including 124 new posts of the Manmohan Cardiothorasic Centre.

Academics

                    

TU marked its golden jubilee in the year 2009 organizing various programmes. In the 54th year of its establishment, the university family remains committed and dedicated to making it a source and centre of quality education to set up a culture of learning in the country and to promote the notion of national and global peace and harmony.

Since its inception, TU, the state owned university, has expanded its programmes in different disciplines. There are five technical institutes and four general faculties. TU offers 50 courses for the technical proficiency certificate level. 1079 courses at Bachelor’s level and 1000 courses at Master’s level. It also offers Ph.D. degree in different disciplines both at the Technical Institutes and Faculties.

 TU ran its programmes only through its constituent campuses prior to 1980. As the number of the students willing to acquire higher education was increasing day by day, it was not possible for the university to accommodate all the students in the constituent campuses. This situation led to the establishment of colleges in the private sector.  From 1979 –80, TU started providing affiliation to private colleges to conduct various programmes at different levels. 931 private colleges spread all over the country have so far received affiliations from TU.

 In the current academic session (2013-2014) altogether 6,04,437 students have been enrolled at various levels of TU academic programmes. 2,73,349 (45.22%) students study in its 60 constituent campuses including 38 central departments, while 3,31,088 (54.78%) students study in 931 affiliated colleges. It clearly reveals that affiliated colleges do have more students than the constituent campuses.

 TU has 7966 teaching faculty and 7230 non-teaching staff including the support staff in its constituent campuses. The total number of employees is 15196 including 124 new post of the Manmohan Cardiothorasic Centre.

The University Campus

                    

INTRODUCTION

The University Campus (UC) is located at Kirtipur and there are 32 Central Departments belonging to Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education (FoE), Faculty of  Management (FoM) , and Institute of Science and Technology (IoST).   The FoE has   one Central Department of Education (CDoE) and 13 subject specific departments. Likewise the FoM, has 1 Department, the FoHSS has  18  Departments , and    IoST, has

12 Departments in the premises of the University Campus. The UC is one of the largest and the most attractive campuses in Nepal with modern teaching/learning and research facilities, residence halls, faculty quarters, stadium, health Center, and the golden Jubilee garden. Recent developments include a girls’ hostel, a sport complex, a student club, and international student’s hostel, and an international guest house.

Currently, there are more than 10,000 students, 700 faculty members, and about 450 administrative and utility staff. More than half faculty members hold a Ph.D degree in their disciplines either from Nepal or abroad. The university has made efforts to transform this campus as Center of Excellence by strengthening physical infrastructure, revising and updating academic programmes and curriculum, attracting most talented faculty and students, allocating research grants and developing and extending networks coordination and collaboration with different international and national academic institutes/universities. However, the earthquake of April 25, 2015 and hundreds of aftershocks have largely damaged the physical infrastructure of University Campus, and it requires huge amount of money to maintain it.

Now, the UC has initiated semester system from the academic year (2012/13) in order to make its programmes compatible with other universities and to facilitate credit transfers. The UC has introduced the entrance examination to enroll the best and most talented students in an academic programme. The UC has also adopted the equity principle where the best students from the marginalized groups/regions have  opportunity  to  compete  to  get  enrolment

in an academic programme. It has allocated 15% seats for the enrolment of students in an academic programme as reservation category which are recognized by the Government of Nepal. There is also provision of scholarships for two top students (one male and one female) in each academic programme. The scholarship amount will be of Rs. 9000 per student/semester.

The UC has adopted participatory teaching method in which students have opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge with the tutors and their fellows in the class rooms. This process has made pedagogical justice in the class room teaching where both tutors and students are expected to be satisfied from the class room teaching. The evaluation system involves the continuous process where students are evaluated on the basis of term papers students write, the class attendance, presentations, and their ability to raise the questions in the class and oral interviews. The University has decided to evaluate students by allocating 40% marks in the internal evaluation and rest 60% marks in the final semester exam. The University has allocated quota in each central Department for the enrolment of students. In General Academic programmes (Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Education), there are  100  to  300  students in an academic program through the entrance examination. The examination is conducted by the concerned Dean’s Offices and it is expected that the results would be published within one-month of the exam. The Semester System has also provided opportunities to the Central Departments to revise/ improve and/or introduce new curriculum giving emphasis in the innovative research, in the changing context of higher education, market demands, national needs and national and international competition .



                    

About Us

Introduction
Tribhuvan University (TU), which was established in 1959, is the first national institution of higher education in Nepal. The Central Administrative Office and the  Central  Campus of the university are located on the north eastern facade of Kirtipur, an ancient and small town located five kilometers away from Kathmandu city centre. There are 39 central  departments and 4 research centres in TU, and out of them 31 departments and 3 research centres are located at Kirtipur. The university at Kirtipur is spread over an area of 154.77 hectares (3042-5-2 ropanis).

After the second democratic movement of 2006, the Prime Minister of Nepal is the ceremonial chief, the Chancellor of the University, whereas

the Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor is the Chief Executive of the university. He is assisted by the Rector in academic programmes and the Registrar in financial management and general administration.

Tribhuvan University is a non-profit making autonomous institution funded by the Government of Nepal. On January 8, 2013, the government of Nepal has principally agreed to declare Tribhuvan University as the Central University.