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PM stresses on enlarged choices for education

By A Staff Reporter

KATHMANDU, Feb. 8: Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand said that the dream of building the nation would fall behind without appropriate development of practical and quality education for all.
Inaugurating the seventh national convention of the Private & Boarding Schools Organisations of Nepal (PABSON) here today, Prime Minister Chand said that there should be equal opportunity for school education. School education is the foundation for the development of the country.

Considering the need of time, the government has, in the 10th Plan, adopted policy of launching literacy and income generating programmes and non-formal education, which would be of practical use in life to empower and integrate women and backward communities in the development mainstream, PM Chand, said.To produce basic and mid-level technical manpower are needed for the country the government has aimed to provide education opportunities for women, disabled and for all, he said.

For the progressive implementation of compulsory education for all by 2015 as per the government policy and international commitment the government has adopted a policy to develop the institutional, managerial and physical infrastructure, he informed.

"Higher Secondary education will be developed as the final level of school education and institutional arrangement will be carried out to improve the quality of school education," he said.

"The significant role of private sectors in providing quality education and employment opportunities are encouraging as they are helping to prevent a massive outflow of the country's resources," he said.
"Rather than being satisfied with the current achievement, our activities should focus on making access to education easy for ordinary people," he said.

The government was ready to remove the weaknesses in the education sector by reforming the prevailing rules and regulations, he said.

Talking about the current political situation, PM Chand said, "The recent political developments have given a new rays of hope in the otherwise dark tunnel." As it was the outcome of the joint efforts made by people from every walk of life, the entire nation should join hands to give a successful outlet to the crisis. He appealed to all to work to build and rehabilitate the country by forgetting the bitter experiences of the past.

Minister of Education and Sports, Devi Prasad Ojha said that the academic sector was also influenced by the prevailing political turmoil. However, new hopes have been generated after the announcement of the truce, he said. "These hopes should be changed into confidence and in practical life."

"As there have been a great disparity in the standard of education, our effort should be directed for a balanced development of the education sector and also to meet the global challenge," he said.
He also asked the private boarding schools to credible environment by providing adequate facilities and job security to the teachers to achieve quality education.

Assistant Minister for Education and Sports, Rabindra Khanal urged the need for participatory approach for the development of education.

Acting Secretary at the Education Ministry Chuman Singh Basnet said that the government was ready to correct errors in the education policy.

Rajesh Khadka the central chairman of PABSON talked about the condition of private boarding schools saying that that were severely affected by political disturbances.

He also said that the 700 plus private schools that were forced to remain close causing losses to the schools and teachers, the government should think of providing them compensations.

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