Factors Affecting The Quality Of Engineering Education In Nepal

Abstract

Higher Engineering Education in Nepal was started only in 1978. With the liberal policy of the Government of Nepal, many private engineering colleges were established after 1994 and recently there are altogether 43. In almost all college of Nepal, the result of the board semester examinations is deteriorating. This research paper aims to analyze different factors that are affecting the deterioration of the quality of engineering education which is being reflected through poor results in board examination and the insufficient performance of the engineering products in professional practices in different organizations. For this purpose, different literature in regards to the quality assurance of engineering education was collected as a secondary data and reviewed from one side, and from the other, as a primary data, different colleges were visited and conducted informal meeting with concerned persons and collected views about the quality deterioration. Based on the above mentioned activities result/discussion and recommendations is prepared in this research paper.