Kathmandu, 20 August: The World Bank has agreed to provide 60 million US Dollars (equivalent to Rs 7.12 billion) for Nurturing the Excellence in Higher Education Programme meant to improve the quality of higher education, scale up online learning, and expand access to academic institutions for underprivileged and vulnerable students. An agreement to this end was signed at the Ministry of Finance on Thursday. Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini and World Bank’s Country Director Faris Hadad-Zervos signed the agreement, the Ministry of according to a press release issued by the World Bank. People’s News Monitoring Service