Improve Quality
PRIME Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the 13th general meeting of
Nepal University Teachers’ Association (NUTA) recently in Kathamndu in which he
called upon professors and educators to work seriously for the improvement of the
education system in order to provide quality education. Prime Minister Deuba’s appeal
to raise the quality of education came at a time when there have been debates and
discussion about the deteriorating quality of Nepal’s education system. Education is
very important for the country’s development. Only educated, informed and skilled
human resource can contribute to the development of the nation. It is the education that
creates such educated, informed and skilled manpower. Unless the standard of education was
improved, nation cannot achieve sustainable development in the economic and social fronts.
In view of this, His Majesty’s Government has accorded high priority for the
development of education in the country. The government has declared primary and secondary
education free. Several other efforts have been made to raise the literacy rate and
improve the education system. As a result, the literacy rate has increased tremendously.
Under the policy of the government to provide education opportunities to all the people
within a few years, there has been significant quantitative development in the field of
education. However, the quality has not improved in the same proportion. Almost 50 per
cent students who enroll in grade one drop out before completing grade ten. The situation
is poor both at the school as well as university level. There are several reasons behind
the lack of qualitative development of education in our country. Political interference in
the education institutes is one of the major reasons for the deteriorating quality in
education. Thus, it is the need of hour to give more attention to the qualitative
development of our education system. For this, educational institutes first need to be
made free from politics and conducive teaching and learning atmosphere needs to be created
for the quality education. The government efforts alone may not be sufficient to achieve
this goal. All political forces, academicians and the civil society should make equal
contribution for making our education system more qualitative and dignified. But those who
are involved in the education sector need to take the lead role for the quality
development of education system in the country. At the same time, involvement of civil
society in managing and monitoring the education system also needs to be promoted. Civil
society needs to be made more responsible for the management of educational institutes and
monitoring their performance. This would definitely contribute to raise the quality of
education in the country.
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