- बिहीबार, १३ वैशाख, २०८१
Kathmandu, Nov. 1: Minister for Education, Madhav Prasad Poudel, has said that the government has given priority to ending the existing discrimination between city and village and education between community and institutionalized schools.
Addressing a programme organised by the Asia Friendship Network here today, Minister Poudel said ‘there is vast difference between city and village and education between community and institutionalized schools, and the government wants to end such situation, therefore, it has adopted a policy of punishment and reward’.
The Network has been providing financial and technical support in physical infrastructure development of schools in the country.On the occasion, he informed that performance contract is to be signed with school principals and teachers for capacity enhancement of institutionalized schools.
Stating that the government has given high-priority to literacy campaign and a total of Rs. one billion has been allocated in the current fiscal year for the same, Minister Poudel said pilot programme has been launched in 13 schools of the five development regions for free and compulsory education.
The Education Minister said that under the free and compulsory education programme, all school-aged children should be sent to school and the facilities of the parents provided by the state would be stopped if they are found not sending their children to schools.
Minister Poudel said the government has a policy of mobilizing national and international resources for physical infrastructure development of schools.
He said that as many as 7,359 institutionalized schools are going to be linked with information technology next year and added that Rs. one million has been allocated for the same.
The Network has built 50 schools in 13 districts in participation of local communities, whereas 17 are under construction and 13 are planned for the construction. It has a target to complete the construction of 80 schools within 2014.
There are now around 13,000 students in such schools. Similarly, Under Secretary at the Education Ministry, Dr. Tulsi Sitaula, said that the government has given emphasis on educational and physical infrastructure development as position of physical infrastructure development is important in education.
Chairman of the Nepal Teachers’ Organisation, Baburam Thapa, and General Secretary of the Nepal Teachers’ Association, Rajendra Poudel, said that the government could not give rightful attention in physical infrastructure development of schools.
Nepal Chairman of the Network, Ganeshman Lama, and Japan Chairman of the Network, Isiro Yujiro, said that the organisation has been providing financial and technical support for school building construction as well as construction of buildings of health posts and library.
On the occasion, Japanese donors, Jun Yoshoka, Nini Okaka, Turuko Hosowaka, Kenchi Moto, and Machiki Fukatari, among others, were honoured for their support in physical infrastructure development of schools in Nepal. RSS
