Ever since the promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal, successive governments made enacting a federal education law their top priority. However, it took eight years and several failed attempts for the new education bill to land in Parliament.
The Secondary Education Examination (SEE), also known as the Iron Gate in Nepal, has been found to be maximally ajar for the appearing 485,396 students this year.
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How can you be so irresponsible about education? My Republica
Nepal, Dec. 14 Covid-19 period could be best utilized to bring innovation in teaching and learning. In Nepal, the court and the government are flagrantly playing with future of children, without the slightest compunction.
I am writing again on education because the education sector has still been kept in a state of uncertainty and confusion under the state watch and yet nobody-the government, Ministry of Education and political parties-seems to care about it (for more on how the government failed education during Covid-19 see my previous column How the government is failing education ). The sorry state is not only the result of the Covid-19. Yes, Covid-19 kept schools and colleges shut for months and we still do not know when normal teaching and learning will resume but two events of recent times, which I will discuss in the following paragraphs, are troubling.