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Kathmandu. MPs have stressed the need to bring a school education bill to enable Nepali students to compete globally. They said this while participating in the discussion on the bill in the meeting of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee under the House of Representatives held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday.
They said that an education system should be adopted that connects Nepali geography and culture with technology, including moral education, and gives them recognition on the world stage. Speaking at the meeting, Nepali Congress MP Chandrakant Bhandari said that the future education system should be one that connects history and technology.
He said that laws should be made so that Nepali students can make a name for themselves and compete on the world stage. He expressed dissatisfaction saying that the bill’s proposal was not in line with that.
He said, ‘What we are trying to provide now is that we are trying to create an education that will give recognition on the world stage by linking Nepal’s geography, Nepali society, Nepali culture, and Nepal’s history and lifestyle with moral education and now technology. There are so many experts and knowledgeable people, but what is written in this? Based on this act, what kind of teachers do we need? What kind of students will we produce? What kind of education policy will we have? It should include topics such as this. Is this the proposal?’
CPN (Maoist Center) MP Devendra Poudel said that the goal of the bill should be for students who have studied up to grade 12 in Nepal to become international-level human resources. He said that Nepali students should adopt an education policy that would make them eligible to go to universities in neighboring countries for higher education.
He emphasized that the School Education Bill is student-centric and that the Act should be formulated to make students eligible and competitive in the global market.
He said, “The goal should be to produce human resources of international standards in terms of education, quality of students, and students who study up to grade 12 in Nepal. The Bill should be formulated so that our students can easily qualify when they go to universities in neighboring countries.” Since this bill is student-centric, emphasis should be placed on making laws that make students qualified, capable, and competitive in higher education.’
CPN (UML) MP Deepa Sharma said that the fundamental rights mentioned in the constitution have not been implemented due to the lack of a law on school education for a long time. She said that even though the constitution has asked for the necessary laws to be made for the implementation of the mentioned fundamental rights, it has not been done.
She said that even though the constitution says that school education is free, the bill, instead of only providing basic education, conflicts with the law and the constitution. She said that it is necessary to enact a law to implement an education system that motivates students to compete globally.
She said, “We have placed education as a fundamental right in the Constitution. So far, we have not been able to implement it. The Constitution itself has asked us to make the necessary laws to implement the rights mentioned in the Constitution. But we have not been able to do it yet. Now our attention should turn to this. We have said that basic education is free. But the Constitution itself says that school education is free. Therefore, we should implement an education system that motivates students to compete globally in the bill proposal.”
Most of the MPs who spoke at the meeting stated that timely technology-based education is the need of the hour and expressed the view that a bill should be brought accordingly.
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