Dr Granic visits Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur, Nov. 25 (RSS): Visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia Dr. Goran Granic visited the historical city of Bhaktapur today and inspected the National Arts Museum, Swargadwar, 55 window palace and Nyatapol .

Chief of National Arts Museum Damodar Gautam and Bishnu Raj Karki apprised the Croatian Deputy Prime Minister of various aspects of the palace.

Earlier, the Croatian Deputy Prime Minister was accorded a warm welcome by mayor of Bhaktapur Prem Suwal and chief district officer Dhruba Raj Wagle.

Bhaktapur Municipality hosted a tea reception in honour of the distinguished guest this afternoon.

Wife of Dr. Granic, the Croatian ambassador to Nepal and other members of the delegation were also present on the occasion.

NC elects representatives

Janakpurdham, Nov. 25 (RSS): Selection of representatives for the upcoming general convention of the Nepali Congress concluded in all five constituencies of Dhanusa district Friday.

Minister for Health Dr. Ram Varan Yadav has been elected from constituency No 5 and NC central member and ex-minister Lila Koirala from constituency No 2 of the district.

Similarly, NC Dhanusa district president and MP Smriti Narayan Choudhari and ex-MP Shivadhari Yadav have been elected from constituency No. 1 while MP Ananda Prasad Dhungana and ex-minister Vimlendra Nidhi have been elected from constituency nos 3 and 4 respectively.

Also yesterday, elections were held for the presidents of all constituencies and for 2 district members from every constituency.

Similarly in Tribhuvannagar, the election of NC general convention representatives and members of the general committee and district committee from all four constituencies of Dang district concluded here recently.

According to the election results, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Hari Prasad Chaudhari, Bintiram Yadav, Drona Bhusal, Pradeep Bahadur Thapa, Devendra Singh Khadka and Mrs Chaudhari have elected general convention representatives from constituency No l while Khum Bahadur Khadka, Hari Prasad Chaudhari and Pradeep Thapa have been elected general committee members. Nityananda Sharma and Kul Bahadur DC were elected unopposed as district members.

In constituency No 2, Baldev Sharma Majgaiya, Binod Pokharel, Tirtha Raj Gyawali 'Chaitu', Yagya Bahadur Budhathoki, Bir Keshari Guatam, Khagaraj Pandey and Raju Khanal were elected general convention representatives while Bal Dev Sharma Majgaiya, Bir Keshari Gautam and Khagaraj Pandey were elected general committee members. Kiran Regmi and Narayan Bhandari were elected district committee members.

Similarly, Krishna Kishore Ghimire, Lebendra Dhital, Bharat Neupane, Hari Rajauriya, Buddhi Ram Bhandari, Shankar Giri and Purna Bahadur Khadka were elected general convention representatives from constituency No 3 while Krishna Kishore Ghimire, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Bharat Neupane were elected general committee members. Harihar Poudel and Kamal Bali were elected district members.

In constituency No 4, Gehendra Giri, Deepak Giri, Bharat KC, Hemanta Malla, Keshav Acharya, Mahadev Shaha and Shankar Acharya were elected general convention representatives while Gehendra Giri, Deepak Giri and Bharat KC were elected general committee members. Ghanashyam Upadhyaya and Sudarshan Devkota were elected district members.

Sri Narayan Chaudhari, Bhoj Raj Pandey, Resham Bahadur Bhandari and Tej Bahadur Basnet were elected constituency chairmen for constituencies No l, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, according to the NC Dang election office.

Likewise, in Kavrepalanchowk, the election of the regional presidents and the general convention representatives have been held in Kavre district in connection with the forthcoming tenth general convention of the Nepali Congress party.

Shanka Buddha Lama, Bidur Banjara and Achyut Poudel have been re-elected the regional presidents of the party from the three constituencies of the district. Their closest contenders were Arun Kumar Pandey, Ramhari Shrestha and Ram Thapaliya respectively.

Those elected as general convention representatives from constituency-1 are Harsha Jit Lama. Kunsal Lama, Siddhi Man Lama, Raju Acharya, Tirtha Lama, Lalita Kingring and Bishnu Bhurtel respectively.

Similarly, Kanchan Chandra Bade Shrestha, Ram Kumar Mulmi, Madhu Prasad Acharya, Chandra Laxmi Tamrakar, Shiva Prasad Humagain, Prakash Lama and Uddhav K.C. have been elected regional representatives from constituency-2.

Likewise, Kumal Lamichhane, Saran Acharya, Ram Thapaliya, Gaura Bahadur Thapa, Ganesh Adhikari and Barbubahan Raj Giri have been elected representatives from constituency-3 of the district.

Hari Adhikari, Shankha Buddha Lama, Krishna Buddha Bajgain, Gopal Bahadur Timilsina, Tosha Bahadur Chhetri and Thakur Neupane have been elected the district members.

Govt for skill-oriented education: Upadhyaya

Biratnagar, Nov. 25 (RSS): Minister for Education and Sports Amod Prasad Upadhyaya has said that as weak management has resulted in low output in education sector, which consumes the biggest chunk of the total budgetary outlay, the government is making preparations for introducing skill and employment-oriented education system to produce highly skilled manpower much needed to the country.

Minister Upadhyaya, who was speaking at a day-long meeting of the district level representatives of the Nepal Teachers' Association, Morang organised by the association at Biratnagar today, warned that should teachers, civil society and the government fail to rectify the weaknesses surfacing in the education sector in time, the country's educational condition will see further deterioration in the days to come.

He also urged teachers to give serious thought to bridging the gap between the educational standards of government and private schools.

Stating that the government has taken a liberal decision to provide the teachers with salary and allowance on par with those of the civil service employees, he said a similar decision will be taken soon in the case of the teachers working in remote areas.

Efforts are being made to resolve the problems of the posts of temporary teachers, he said, adding however, it should be clear to one and all that resolution of the problem concerning temporary teachers' posts alone will not help resolve the problems facing the education sector.

Some hasty decisions taken for cheap popularity after the restoration of democracy have resulted in serious problems in the education sector today, he observed.

Nepali Congress Morang district president Ashok Koirala stressed the need for the teachers to work honestly for raising the standard of education and building a congenial academic environment.

Eastern regional education director Birendra Kumar Singh, Morang DDC chairman Khadga Bahadur Basnet and others also expressed their views.

President of the Nepal Teachers' Association district president Rabidananda Chaudhari presided.

Meanwhile, in Rangeli (Morang), Minister for Education and Sports Amod Prasad Upadhyaya inspected the newly-constructed Madhubani Primary School at ward No. 6, Rangeli VDC of Morang district yesterday and acquired information on the physical facilities and academic activities of the school.

On the occasion, headmaster of the school Govinda Pandit presented a report on the educational activities and the physical condition of the school.

On the occasion a scholarship fund of Rs 12,000 in memory of late Amar Bahadur Poudel, father of local social worker Mohan Bahadur Poudel, was also set up.

The scholarship would be given to the meritorious students of the local Rangeli Public High School for 25 years.