The issue of reservation in Medical education in Nepal
Dr. Sandesh Dahal Let’s begin with a famous statement, “a professional can be a bad lawyer, a bad engineer but a professional cannot and must not be a bad doctor.” The motive with the statement is more than clear. After the establishment of federal democratic republic of Nepal after the long lasted monarchy, the issues of social and racial injustice and reservation in different socio-political arena are a topic of hot debate. It is high time to discuss the effects of reservation in medical education. What is reservation? It is system based on the principles of social justice. A group of people, who were marginalized on the basis of caste, geography or sex, due to their poor approach in the mainstream politics in the history are given opportunity with affirmative actions in reservation system. The aim is to make all group of people equally capable in all socio-economic aspects. Is reservation a bad idea? No reservation is not a bad idea at all. It helps all those ...