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LETTERS |
Weak Education The high percentage of
failure in this year's School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations
exposed the prevalent weakness in the education system of the country
("Learning Gone Awry" SPOTLIGHT June 20). There is no way one
can justify such a huge percentage of failure. Perhaps the syllabus needs
to be changed. Mostly, students from village public schools have failed.
This suggests the poor quality of teaching there. -Daya Kumar Singh Private Quality Once again the results of
this year's SLC showed that it is the private schools where there is
quality education ("Learning Gone Awry" SPOTLIGHT June 20).
Unfortunately, of late, there is an increasing tendency among political
parties and their student wings to target private schools. Do they fully
understand the consequence of their misguided actions? In the absence of
private schools, what will our education system turn into? The country
will be in total devoid of talented students. We will return back to the
period of 2007 B.S. when the Nepalese government had to appoint Indian
secretaries to run the administration. The ill-intentioned activities of
political parties will certainly boomerang on society. It is, therefore,
time that civil society wakes up to this reality and begins to put
pressure against any activities of sorts. In case, this does not happen,
the student organization will pull down the whole edifice of the
educational system. Besides, the civil society members need to raise
questions regarding the legitimacy of such student organizations. They are
nothing more than instruments for creating disturbance and have no utility
other than to be used in destructive purposes by the political masters. In
the last few decades since student organizations came into being, Nepalese
society has not gained anything from them. Except for breaking street
railings, uprooting public gardens and vandalizing public and private
property, they are good for nothing. -Krishna Man Joshi Strengthen Public
Education Though the government has
been continuously increasing its contributions to the education sector,
the poor SLC results show that everything is not rosy ("Learning Gone
Awry" SPOTLIGHT June 20). Maybe, the government is pouring water in
the sand. Unless it properly follows up its plans and programs, mere
allocation of budget will not suffice. Making capable teachers available,
textbooks, supporting materials and healthy teaching-learning environment
is a must. Unfortunately, none of these pre-requisites are being met here.
The Maoists target teachers and frequent strikes reduce the class days to
less than 150 a year. In such a situation, it is natural to see that huge
number of students of public schools fail. -Rita Bista Beyond SLC The existing curriculum
of SLC is hardly any barometer to test the academic strength of a student
("Learning Gone Awry" SPOTLIGHT June 20). Unless the curriculum
is thoroughly revised it serves no purpose at all. Students who can cram
the lessons can easily pass with flying colors in the present set up.
There is no room to let the students' creativity prosper. The time is ripe
to go for a change in the school curricula to induce creative and talented
students who can better lead the nation in future. -Sangam KC Feeding The Insurgency The huge percentage of
failure in SLC levels is a worrying aspect ("Learning Gone Awry"
SPOTLIGHT June 20). The village youngsters who fail in the SLC are quite
vulnerable and could easily fall prey to insurgents who may be scouting
for new recruits. As such, severing tens of thousands of youngsters from
the mainstream education system would serve only to feed the insurgency in
the rural parts. Besides, even if they do not join insurgency, these
unemployed youths could trigger other kinds of resentment and unrest in
society. -Prafulla Kumar Shakya Everest Mania The love for the highest
mountain in the world has always worked to the advantage of Nepalese
tourism ("Soaring Spirits" SPOTLIGHT June 13). Once again, the
magic of Everest is sure to lure thousands of tourists from all over the
world. As long as we keep our house in order and provide peaceful
atmosphere, the tourists will always come here to see the magnificent
beauty of nature. -Diwas Gurung Small Is Beautiful It was encouraging to
find that the Indian government has shifted its policy from extending help
in big infrastructures to smaller ones ("Grassroots Generosity"
SPOTLIGHT June 13). The Nepalese government should tap this policy shift
to the advantage of larger section of poor Nepalese who live in remote
villages. The remote villages in Nepal are devoid of many basic facilities
like health and education. Indian help can help these villagers to an
extent. -Ramesh Karki |
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