1. Nepal Pharmacy Council
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Health and Population
National Joint Annual Review
2079/80
Prepared /Presented By
Sanjiv Kumar Pandey
(Registrar)
3. Health Workforce Status
23rd Exam
Cumulative Diploma BACHELOR
Number of Candidates 1989 852
Number Pass 795 200
Pass % 39.96983409 23.4741784
22rd Exam
Cumulative Diploma BACHELOR
Number of Candidates 1448 715
Number Pass 487 153
Pass % 33.63259669 21.3986014
21st Exam
Cumulative Diploma BACHELOR
Number of Candidates 1616 943
Number Pass 261 217
Pass % 16.1509901 23.0116649
20th Exam
Cumulative Diploma BACHELOR
Number of Candidates 1434 391
Number Pass 970 134
Pass % 67.64295676 34.27109974
4. Success Rates of license Examinations in First Attempt
[% of professional who passed the license examinations in their first attempt]
5. Major Achievements in FY 2079/80
• Know your pharmacist (KYP)
• Migrated Council database & data into GIDC (Government Integrated
Data Center)
• Continue Pharmacy Education in association with PQM+.
• Students Identification & Verification with QR in Exam.
• Online Certification and validation .
• Old Pharmacist / Pharmacy Assistant hard copy data Digitization and
online validation.
• All update & New Certification with compulsory Barcode.
• Online registration and MIS developed and digitized.
• Processing for Digital council with in this Fiscal Year.
• Played vital roles in Drafting hospital pharmacy directive 2080.
8. Major Achievements in Image
Biometric Sample
Generated by Council it
self
Valid Signature
Candidate Validation
Before & Exam photo
Candidate Thumb
Verification and Record
12. Key Lesson Learnt
• OLD hard-copy records Paid a vital roles to achieve digital Council concept
• Candidate must be verified before examination based on Online biometric
verification to minimize the chance of fake students.
• Name registration Update exam must be done on based on CPT credit.
• provision of skill test through viva will pay major roles to provide competent
pharmacy professional
• Need of Regular and updated skill based training to pharmacy professional to have
better pharmacy practice.
• Provision of registration of Pharmacy must be done only on the name of pharmacy
professional to minimize ill practice by non professionals.
• Some provisions must be adopted in policy level to renting of Name registration
certificate.
NOTE: About 200+ students have taken no Objection letter for studying diploma in pharmacy abroad,
Policy must be developed to manage those students to study in Nepal.
13. Way Forward
• Council cant run its daily activities without its own building.
• Has requested to MOHP for the approval, still the file is under process.
• council to conduct Good pharmacy practice for hospital, Clinical &
Community pharmacy.
• Complete Digital Council
• Processing for good standing letter, update & all possible services online.
