Robust coordination among three tiers for quality education: Minister Bhattarai

Kathmandu, Aug 29: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bidya Bhattarai, has said quality education requires smooth and robust coordination among all three tiers of government.     

In response to the queries raised during the meeting of the House of Representatives on Thursday, Minister Bhattarai admitted that there are a lot to do to improve indicators of quality education.     

The nursing education is running under very old CTEVT law, she said, adding that an integrated draft of the law was being prepared to manage well the nursing education. Even a discussion is going on to increase the quota in medical education, she shared.     

The Minister further viewed quality education is essential to ensure all districts are literate. With joint investment of all tiers of government, education needs to be provided free of cost.     

Once the Education Act is amended, it would ease the appointment of principals through competitive examination conducted by the Education Commission. The supply of schoolbooks would be made smooth by consulting JEMC and book suppliers, according to her.     

She also admitted that the universities have various problems, which need to be sorted out gradually. Career counselling programme would also be launched from this very fiscal year, Minister Bhattarai informed.     

The Education Minister opined the regulation of private sector investing in education is also an area of adequate discussion.(RSS)