Kathmandu, April 3
If the Parliament passes this proposal, Nepal’s ailing government schools will get a new lease of life.
Ramhari Subedi, a lawmaker from Kavre constituency number 2, has registered a proposal in the parliamentary Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Welfare Committee that has the capacity to give the ailing schools a turnaround.
In his proposal, which is one among 182 proposals that 39 lawmakers have registered to amend the Education Act 2028, Subedi has said all political leaders, government employees and teachers and all employees of public corporations should be considered incompetent for the jobs they are holding if they do not send their children to government schools.
Subedi has proposed firing teachers, who fail to ensure good results, and putting an end to the practice of forming numerous organisations in the name of certain parties and indulging in politics.
“From leaders to employees, all are sending their children to expensive private schools. This has caused government investment in public education to go waste. So, I registered this proposal to improve the public education sector by including new clauses in the Education Act,” Subedi said.
The state has been spending one trillion rupees every year on public education. But the outcome has not been satisfactory.
A large number of students have been studying in government schools and government has been investing big in these schools, Subedi said, adding: Political and administrative authorities should focus on enhancing the quality of public schools.
An ordinance to amend the Act is under consideration of the parliamentary committee. The committee has not held any discussion on the ordinance for four months because proprietors of private schools and private higher secondary schools as well as Higher Secondary Education Council are against the ordinance.
