School Education Bill will be introduced through fast track: Minister Gurung

Kathmandu, April 16: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that the School Education Bill will be introduced soon through fast track process to address education-related problems.     

Making public the decisions of the Council of Ministers meeting today, Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the Government, said that the government is sensitive to the problems of teachers and shared that the government is preparing to pass the bill soon.     

According to Minister Gurung, the decision of the Council of Ministers held on April 18 has shown that the government is sensitive to the demands raised by the Nepal Teachers Federation and has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of the Federal Parliament for the purpose of passing the School Education Bill.     

Hence, the government has called on the agitating teachers to return to their respective work stations, he said, since it is currently time to enroll students in schools for the new academic session and important tasks such as examining the answer sheets of the secondary education examination (SEE) and conducting the examination of Grade 12 have to be carried out.     

On a different note, Minister Gurung shared that the government has held discussions to appoint Nepal Rastra Bank governor and assured that appointment will take place soon. He also clarified that talks have been held between Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli regarding the appointment of the governor and that the appointment will be made soon.     

Likewise, the government has decided to form a negotiation team under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance to give in-principle consent to obtain a concessional loan of US$ 137 million for the third phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The project is being implemented with the financial assistance of the World Bank. The team will also finalize the financial agreement and project documents related to the loan.     

Similarly, the government has decided to receive additional grant assistance of 1.8 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland for small irrigation programs.     

The government has decided to prepare and submit an implementation action plan within seven days for the implementation of the report of the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission.     

Similarly, Minister Gurung shared that the government has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament for April 25.(RSS)