Kathmandu. With the implementation of the 'Guidelines for Approval of Foreign Studies 2079' brought by the Ministry of Education, Nepali students will no longer be able to apply for study visas abroad for diploma, advanced diploma, language and training. According to the new guidelines, now students can apply for study visa only for higher education.

Regarding the implementation of the new guidelines, discussions are currently underway in the ministry. After the implementation of the new guidelines, the Ministry is going to implement a system that allows students who are going abroad to study abroad to fill the application system through an automatic process.

Krishna Kapri, Head of the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Division and Joint Secretary, said that the portal for applying NOC is currently being organized for that purpose.

With the implementation of the new guidelines, a large number of students going abroad on study visas from Nepal will be affected. In addition to that, the business of thousands of consultancies opened to send foreign students will also be affected, according to Hemantraj Dulal, vice president of the Independent Educational Consultancy Association of Nepal. After seeing that their business will be affected by the new guidelines, three umbrella organizations of consulting professionals have issued a statement and protested.