Kathmandu. MPs have stressed that the School Education Bill should be made to make future education self-reliant and skill-based. Speaking at the meeting of the subcommittee on the School Education Bill, 2080 formed under the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee on Monday, the MPs said that future education should be skill-based and self-reliant.
The MPs stressed that the School Education Bill should be made keeping in mind the national interest and not allowing it to fall into the hands of vested interests. They said that a bill that prevents students from going abroad is necessary. Speaking at the meeting, Education, Health and Information Technology Committee Chairman Ammar Bahadur Thapa said that the School Education Bill is a very important bill and that the country cannot be improved unless education is improved.
He said that the School Education Bill should be worked on by paying attention to national interests without letting it fall into the hands of vested interests, and that the bill should be made so that future education becomes self-reliant and skill-based education. He stressed on creating an environment where students who have received their education from now on do not have to go abroad.
He said, “The School Education Bill is a very important bill. As long as we cannot improve education, we cannot improve the country. If some vested interests are in the hands of some vested interests, we should pay attention to the nation without paying attention to those vested interests. Our committee is moving forward by paying attention to national interests. This subcommittee will also move forward in the same way. The future education will be self-reliant and skill-based education. How can we prevent students who have studied through the future education from going to the Gulf and how can we prevent them from going abroad? After studying this school education from basic to 12th, we will know whether it is like taking the advice of the Constitution.’
In the committee meeting, CPN (Maoist Center) MP Rekha Sharma insisted that the issue of improving school education is not a trivial matter. She opined that since the School Education Bill is an important bill, it should not be stopped from improving it by pointing out problems in resources. She emphasized the need to form a permanent task force in this regard.
She said, ‘The School Education Bill is a very important bill. It should not be stopped from improving it by pointing out problems in resources. There are also many people who work in minimum service facilities. Therefore, it seems that a permanent task force should also be formed. There are people who have shown excellent examples in school education who are working together with our secretariat and ministry. Let’s bring such people and give advice on the law for a few days. Instead, let’s form a small task force.’
In the committee meeting, the coordinator of the subcommittee on the School Education Bill, 2080 and CPN-UML MP Chhabilal Bishwakarma said that they are serious about addressing the demands made by the Nepal Teachers’ Federation. He said that they are aware of the fact that the federation has drawn the attention of the government and the committee and that they are responsible for the bill.
He said that they are positive about the federation’s struggle to pass the school education bill and are committed to addressing it and moving forward, urging them to postpone the struggle program and return to work. He urged them to help by giving suggestions directly and indirectly.
He said, ‘The friends of the Nepal Teachers Federation have come with the aim of drawing the attention of the concerned parties, the government, and other parties to the committee. We are responsible for this bill and the issue. We should not understand it as a protest. They are on the streets with the aim of drawing attention. We are aware of the agreements that the government has made repeatedly in the past. We are responsible for this issue. We are serious about the issues they have raised. We are responsible for addressing them and moving forward.’
Coordinator Bishwakarma said that out of the 113 meetings of the committee, 33 meetings were held only on the School Education Bill. The Teachers Federation has been staging protests and sit-ins at the offices of various political parties for some time, saying that the government has moved against the agreement reached on the School Education Bill.
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