Education For Development
MINISTER for Education and Sports Devi Prasad Ojha called upon the students and other
concerned people to engage themselves in utilising their skill and knowledge effectively
in order to bring about social and economic changes in the society. Addressing a function
held in Kathmandu, on the occasion of the Ninth Convocation Day of the Tribhuvan
University, the other day, Minister Ojha and other scholars lauded the role of Tribhuvan
University (TU) in creating educated and skilled human manpower in the country and
stressed on the need of enhancing the role and responsibility of the educated population
in guiding and moulding the behavior of the people for the positive development of the
society. It is true that any nation can only develop and prosper when it has adequate
educated and skilled human resource. Tribhuvan University is the pioneer institution in
the sector of higher education in Nepal and its role in creating educated human resource
has been immense. More than 90 per cent of today's educated and skilled people are the
graduates of the Tribhuvan University. However, questions concerning the quality of
education has been very prominently raised by educationists. Despite its big role in the
higher education sector, the Tribhuvan University lacks adequate funds for the improvement
of its physical facilities and academic environment. The lack of funds has to some extent
affected its academic atmoshpehere. In order to improve the quality of Nepal's higher
education, Tribhuvan University must be financially well equipped so that it can
concentrate on quality education without any constraints. Apart from the resource
constraints, Tribhuvan University is seemingly affected by political pressure and
intervention. Since its inception, the Tribhuvan University has been functioning as an
independent and autonomous body, concentrating on academic activities. The last few years
have seen interventions from the political party in power, which has, to a large extent,
caused deterioration in the quality of education. We must understand that if quality of
Tribhuvan University deteriorates, the quality of the entire education system of Nepal is
bound to be affected. TU is an instituion that should that must be free from any political
pressure. The leadership of the Tribhuvan University now has the double responsibility of
resisting political pressure and making it financially sound and better in order to impart
quality education.
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