The process of formulating the School Education Act has reached the final stage: Education Minister
Kathmandu Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel has held discussions with the President and representatives of Nepal Teachers’ Federation regarding various issues raised by the Teachers’ Federation including the formulation of the Education Act.
During the meeting held at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Singha Durbar on Wednesday, they discussed to finalize the Education Act at the earliest and resolve the issues raised by the Federation in the past through bilateral dialogue. Likewise, the recent flood disaster in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa and the measures to be taken to continue the studies of the affected students were also discussed. Education Minister Pokharel, high officials of the ministry, president and representatives of Nepal Teachers’ Federation were present in the meeting. On this occasion, Minister Pokharel informed that the process of formulating the School Education Act has reached the final stage and said that the left out topics and suggestions received would be incorporated in the Act. He said that the new Education Act would ensure quality education and create an environment for students to get quality education in the country. Stressing that all
stakeholders should be responsible for the improvement of school education and higher education, Minister Pokharel pointed out the need to create an environment of quality education and opportunity to keep students in the country.
He said that schools should conduct disaster management exercises from time to time to ensure the safety of students during disasters. Shailendra Jha, chief advisor to the Education Minister, said that the School Education Act should be further enriched for the improvement of school education. He stressed on the need to further strengthen the collaboration between the ministry and the federation to solve the problems in the education sector.
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