Education Ministry Begins Governance Reform Plan Implementation
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal, Governance Reform Plan Implementation Begins; Party Structures to Be Removed from Schools and Universities.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has moved forward with the implementation process of the governance reform plan issued by the Government of Nepal.
The ministry stated that it is giving priority to the implementation of education-related provisions included in the action plan passed by the Council of Ministers on Chaitra 13.
Party-Based Student Structures to Be Removed
With the goal of ending partisan interference in the education sector, the government has adopted a strict policy to remove party-affiliated student organization structures from schools and university premises.
Citing the decline in educational quality and the failure to reflect the genuine voice of students, the ministry has placed the complete removal of such structures within the next 60 days as a high-priority item in the action plan.
The action plan states that within 90 days of removing these party-based structures, a new alternative mechanism in the style of a Student Council will be developed in their place.
This direction is closely linked to wider discussions on education governance in Nepal and the broader education reform roadmap in Nepal.
Reforms in the Education System and Examination Process
The action plan also includes important reform measures related to teaching, learning, and the examination system.
Universities will now be required to publish the results of bachelor’s and master’s level examinations according to the calendar provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
Likewise, universities will make immediate procedural arrangements so that students do not need citizenship to study up to the bachelor’s level.
For young children, the action plan has also given high priority to completely ending internal examinations for students up to Grade 5 from the upcoming academic session.
These proposed measures also reflect concerns about quality problems in Nepal’s university system.
Ministry Preparing for Implementation
Following the publication of the action plan, the ministry has intensified internal discussions on its implementation modality.
Shiv Kumar Sapkota, Joint Secretary and spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, said that some matters would require new procedures to be developed, while others would need discussion with concerned stakeholders.
“We will move forward after studying all these matters. In one way, the work has already started,” spokesperson Sapkota said.
Earlier, while assuming office, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Sasmit Pokharel had expressed his commitment to work in a way that fulfills the promises made to the public by his party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party, during the election.
Minister Pokharel had made it clear that the government would remain fully focused on implementing the one hundred commitments mentioned in the party’s election manifesto, taking that document as its main roadmap.
In line with that commitment, the ministry has now started taking firm steps toward governance reform.
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