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'Help from private sector must for development of education'

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DHANGADHI, Mar. 24: Assistant Minister for Education and Sports Rabindra Khanal inaugurated a workshop constructed by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) on the premises of the local Panchodaya Secondary School on Sunday.

The workshop constructed under the annex programme of CTEVT has been completed at a total estimated cost of Rs 450,000. The workshop block has a seating capacity for 40 students.
On the occasion, Assistant Minister Khanal said that the workshop has been constructed in line with the government's objective of producing skilled technicians.

Pointing out that each and every educational institution should be developed as a peace cottage, he said politicisation of educational institutions would hamper in attaining their goals.

On the occasion, he also inaugurated a two-room annex to the primary school block constructed on the premises of the school. The annex was constructed at the cost of Rs 271,000 provided by the District Education Office and by mobilising local voluntary labour.

Chairman of the school management committee Bam Bahadur Kathayat presided over the programme.

Also on Sunday, Assistant Minister Khanal inspected the Secondary Education Development Centre, the district scout office and the school for blind children on the premises of Panchodaya Secondary School.

Meanwhile in Lalitpur, a workshop on 'future policies and programmes, leadership development and school management' organised here from Saturday by the Private and Boarding Schools Organisations (PABSON) concluded here Sunday.

Concluding the workshop, Assistant Minister for Education and Sports Rabindra Khanal said His Majesty's Government is committed to resolve the problems faced by the private schools.

He also lauded the role played by the private sector in educational development of the country and added that educational progress will be attained from the government and private sector cooperation.
Acting secretary at the ministry Chuman Singh Basnet said HMG is serious to resolve the problems of the sector.

PABSON chief advisor Rajesh Khadka called for timely reform on educational tax and school registration.

The workshop called for simplification of the school registration, arrangement for running 750 closed down private schools, implementation of the tax system after registration of all the schools and came to a conclusion that the 1.5 per cent of total income for the rural education development fund is impractical.

The workshop attended by 100 PABSON officials from 37 districts was presided over by PABSON central president Umesh Shrestha.

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