ECAN to assist Nepali students abroad

The Educational Consultancies Association of Nepal (ECAN) has started taking complaints through emergency forms from Nepali students abroad. Nepali students pursuing higher education in any country can register their complaints using the emergency form, ECAN stated.

ECAN said it started the ECAN COVID-19 Emergency Registration Form process after students in abroad study started facing problem and inconveniences due to the spread of coronavirus.

Association president Prakash Pandey said the Nepali students reporting their problem through the emergency form would be assisted through the joint cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology; the embassies of the countries concerned, the Non-resident Nepalis Association (NRNA), the educational consultancies based in Nepal, the consultancies of the related countries and various associations.

Before this, Nepal Rastra Bank has made provision by which parents of Nepali students who are in foreign countries can send maximum 500 US Dollars as expense to their children. ECAN has also called for increasing this amount.