College backed out of promised funding at the last minute
I study at say X college ani Since literally the first semester, our college has been glorifying yo prestigious program in India and using it as one of the “opportunities” students would get to go during college years. For years we have been paying insanely high fees tei program ko lagi bhanera.
Now when the actual event finally came, we students coordinated everything ourselves: travel agencies, schedules, planning, documentation, everything.( We were also in contact with college officials throughout the process.)
The college official had clearly told us that the college would provide funding only for the registration and accommodation during the event, which was 10k per student, while we would manage travel expenses ourselves. Based on that assurance, everyone moved forward with planning.
And now, at the LAST moment, the same official suddenly changed his words and literally said the college is “dirt poor” and was trying to back out. Mind you he gave his word only a week ago and him using college is “dirt poor” is quite infuriating. also, how do you build the hype, give students the green light, let everything proceed till the final stage, and then suddenly back out?
What makes this worse is that this program/event has been heavily glorified by the college for YEARS. If the college had no financial capability, why sell students this dream from the beginning and take hefty fees event ma lagchu bhanera ? Mind you hami haru lai matra esto gariracha aaru seniors lai they provided the funds.
This feels manipulative. We kept paying heavy semester fees while the administration acted like these opportunities were properly supported. Now when the actual opportunity arrives, students are expected to deal with the consequences of the college’s lack of preparation and possible MISUSE/MISMANAGEMENT of funds. Also this last conversation happened over a phone call we are yet to talk with him in real life over this matter.
Is there any authority in Nepal where we can raise concerns regarding situations like this(anonymously)?