Scholars urged to utilise knowledge for social good Ninth TU convocation held

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KATHMANDU, Nov. 23 : Minister for Education and Sports Devi Prasad Ojha distributed certificates to the students, who have completed Ph.D, Masters and Bachelors Degree in various subjects at a function held here today on the occasion of the Ninth Convocation Day of the Tribhuvan University.
On the occasion, Minister Ojha urged the students to utilise the knowledge properly for the betterment of the society.

A total of 3,570 students received the certificates in Masters and Bachelors Degree level in various subjects. A total of 12 students received the certificates of Ph.D on the occasion of the convocation day today.

Chief guest of the function, senior medical scientist of Sri Lanka Dr. Palitha Abeykoon urged the students to serve as a fountain of knowledge to develop the hearts and minds of the leaders of our society for tomorrow.

He also urged to the graduates to keep them continually informed and educated on the newer developments in the arts and the sciences and above all, to mould and to develop their character.
"My purpose today has not been to ask you to accept the opinions I have offered. You should seek your own truth. It is you who should decide what you believe is in the best interest of yourself, your family, your country and your fellow beings," Dr. Abeykoon said.

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what is a heaven," he quoted the succinct poems by a famous English poet Robert Browning.

Vice Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University Navin Prakash Jung Shah said the University has forwarded some reforms programmes including the reform in the internal management, implementation of the decentralisation, mobilisation of the internal resources and change in the curriculum to make the education programme more effective in accordance with the changed context.

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