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What the syllabus expects

  • Concept of social security scheme
  • Need of social insurance

Social security foundations

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Insurance and Risk Management (FIN 254)

Unit 10: Social Insurance

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of social security foundations.
  • Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

  • Concept of social security scheme
  • Need of social insurance

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Social security

    1. Concept and objectives.
    2. Need for collective protection.
    3. Relationship with social insurance.

  2. Comparison

    1. Public schemes versus private contracts.
    2. Funding and benefit principles.
    3. Identify the jurisdiction before discussing a programme.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 92–96.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.