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| Kathmandu, Thursday February 27, 2003 Falgun 15, 2059. |
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Concerns
raised over deteriorating education standard
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 26 :
Ills besetting the education sector in Nepal and its probable solutions were brought out
at an interaction programme organised by the Education Journalists’ Group here today.
Speaking at the
programme, chief guest professor Dianna Kenny made an elaborate presentation on the
education scenario in Nepal, based on her own research. She expressed concerns over the
poor attendance prevalent in Nepal’s public schools, both from the side of teachers
and students.
"The quality of
education in Nepal is very poor. Poor attendance of the children and teachers in public
schools is one of the key problems faced by the education sector here," said Kenny.
"There should be
peace in the country. Children should get adequate nutrition, without which development of
the brain and subsequent cognitive capacity gets impaired. Clean drinking water and proper
sanitation is another necessity to combat various diseases," said Kenny, further
stressing the importance of scientific development of curriculum and teaching material for
ensuring quality education.
Similarly, Lava Prasad
Tripathi, spokesperson of Ministry of Education, pointed out that the government’s
policy to hand over the management of public schools to local communities will assist in
solving some of the major problems faced by our education system. "We have planned to
train 90 per cent of teachers," said Tripathi.
Similarly, Keshav
Prasad Bhattarai of Teachers Association of Nepal expressed his views on the quality of
education. He said," Quality is the matter which is very difficult to define and
measure," further adding that it is very easy to make slogans on quality.
Journalists from
various media organisations actively participated at the interaction programme.
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