Kathmandu, March 13: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said the teacher's role is vital in increasing political awareness in the country and making people politically conscious.
While
inaugurating the Sixth National General Convention of the Unified All Nepal Teachers
Association here today, the Prime Minister praised teachers for their
contribution to promoting public awareness and bringing political change in
villages and at the community level.
Stating that the education sector and the teaching profession are yet to be well systematized,
the Prime Minister said various persons who are in the country's political
leadership had a teaching background.
As he said, the
government is preparing to present the Federal Education Bill in parliament
soon.
Underlining the
need of focusing on socio-economic and other development endeavors, he said the
Cabinet meeting recently decided to recognize those sacrificing lives to the
Peoples' war, the people's movement, and the Madhesh movement as national
martyrs.
He took time to
stress the need for collective efforts to withstand ill attempts to disprove the federal democratic republic and its norms and values. As the Prime Minister
said, important bills such as the Truth and Reconciliation Bill had been
already presented in the Federal Parliament and the Maoist forces should get
united by reviewing past experiences to protect major political accomplishments
so far.
According to the
Prime Minister, teachers' responsibility is vital for creating a base for socialism
as their role is highly required to build public opinion. He urged teachers to
take initiations for setting the ground for scientific socialism.
PM Prachanda said, "We were able to write
'socialism-oriented economy' in the Constitution, the fundamental rights were
increased and rights of the women, Dalits, indigenous nationalities, ethnic
communities, Muslim and Tharu were guaranteed following many efforts for the
same." He stressed the need of building public opinion guided by a
right ideology to further strengthen such rights.
CPN (Maoist
Centre) leaders Giriraj Mani Pokhrel and Narayan Dahal highlighted the role of
teachers in bringing change and political awareness at the community
level.
Association
President Shanker Adhikari urged teachers to play a role to defeat moves to
dismiss the political achievements. (RSS)