आखिर के हो त "गरी खान देउ!"

आखिर के हो त "गरी खान देउ!"

केही समय अगाडी कुपन्डोल पुल नजीकै को होर्डिँङ बोर्ड मा लेखिएको "गरी खान देउ!" उदगार ले मलाई धेरै समय सम्म सोच्न बाध्य तुल्यायो । आखिर कस्ले किन लेख्यो होला एस्तो बितृस्णा, आग्रह र पिडा का शब्दवली ! कस्ले पोख्यो होला खिया लगेको बोर्ड मा आफ्नो मन को बेदना ?

आजको मिति मा दैनिक ८०० देखी १००० जना सिर्जनसिल युवा बैदेसिक रोजगार का लागि अरब को मरुभुमी मा ५० डिग्री को तापक्रम सहेर पैसा सँग आफ्नो रगत पसिना सत्न म ब्यस्त चन्, अनि कतिपय पढेलेखेका नेपाली हरु अमेरिका र बेलायत मा आफ्नो सिप र पसिना बेचिरहेका छन्, ती प्रत्यक नेपाली को साझा अभिलाषा हुन्छ '"यदी नेपाल म सुरक्षित भएर भय रहित बातावरण मा काम गर्ने अवसर हुंदो हो त म कदपी यस्तो मरुभुमी मा आउने थीइन ? हो,यो उदगार यीनै युवा मध्य कसैको हुनु पर्छ जो नेपाल मा नै बस्न चाहन्छ तर यँहा देखियका थुप्रै गरी खान नदिने तत्वो हरुको चौघेरा मा उभिएर अकास्मत लेख्यो "गरी खान देउ!"
हो हामी सबै देश मा नै गरी खान चाहने नेपाली को साझा मुद्दा हो "गरी खान देउ!" नेपाली मात्र को दिल को अाह्वान हो "गरी खान देउ!"अभियान र यस्ले बोकेका एजेण्डा हरु ।"गरी खान देउ!" यो अभियान दिन भरी गाडी चलाउने ड्राईभरकाे को हुन सक्छ, बन्द को मार मा परेर ब्यापार व्यवसाय गर्न नपाएको ब्यापारी को हुन सक्छ, बिद्यार्थी को हुन सक्छ,  उद्ध्यमी को हुन सक्छ, तपाईं को हुन सक्छ, मेरो हुन सक्छ अनि हामी सबै सवा तीन करोद नेपाली को हुन सक्छ ।त्यसैले "गरी खान देउ!" हामी सबैको साझा मुद्धा बन्न अावस्यक  छ!!!!!!!!!!!

Reforming Education In Nepal

Learning is what made the apes evolve into human beings.Human being always possessed the learning attitude and it is what had made these developments.With these statements,I hope,I have made enough backgrounds for the importance of education.

Having a glance at the history  of Nepalese education ,it was just limited within the Royals and Ranas before 1885.After that there has been gradual development in education.But,the development is not as expected and that’s why each year billions of rupees fly abroad in search of quality  education.

There are various evils contributing for worsening the standard of education in Nepal.Even before some years,Nepalese education system was limited in teaching the glory of rulers in the past.Educational curriculum was designed on the vested interest of the rulers.Poor infrastructures and unqualified teachers is another problem which adds woes to the wounds.More than 8% of the school going aged children stay at home and there has been 12% of the dropout.

Private educational institutions operating are often complained of being profit oriented and commercializing education despite they contribute higher pass percentage in the SLC examinations.Huge number of students are forced to join government schools and colleges despite their low performance due to poverty .We often hear that there are plenty of schools in bags which performs only on papers.

Government has been trying different ideas like Day Food Prograramme,Oil for Education etc to increase the percentage of enrollment to meet the MDGs but to no avail.Despite huge investment there has not been the expected achieved.Teachers are politically recruited and are more responsible towards the political parties than the students who are in fact the primary stakeholders.

Lack of incentives is what caused the low performance of the state-owned institutions.There has not been the system of punishment and reward.Corruption is the other challenge that mars the educational standard of the institutions.....

Nepal is now passing through the historical transition period,the output can both be better or worst,but lets take a positive note.These days we have been hearing that different approaches to governmentising private schools have been forwarded and we often hear that transforming educational institutions into barracks/camps .Sometimes ago the case of 5% Educational Service Tax met lots of controversy.

The solutions is not governmentising private schools nor commercializing education.Some of the tried and tested practices can also be referred for increasing educational standard.Out of them the Educational Voucher System initiated  in Chile,Columbia and Italy really paid off as the students got the chance to choose the better school to study.The school became more responsible towards the students.Therefore with the freedom of choice the educational standard of the country become day by day better..............

Being "Arthalaya" Graduate

Arthalaya,as it says,it really makes sense of it all.I being student of science got a rear chance of participating in the 5 days,6nights workshop on economics and entrepreneurship.I was quite felling uncomfortable  as i was thinking  the general  terminologies that would be used would bother me and would tease my brain a lot, but all those went  so smooth as the base of the teaching was not  the parrot system but the more practical and entrepreneurial ant system.i used ant to mark it as laborious creature.

The practical learning environment  that the organizers offer is the core heart of the workshop.The environment that is created in the workshop resembles all those experiences  that the entrepreneur face while starting up a business venture.The sequence of the programmes is very good that would really motivate a job seeker transform into job creator.The role of the government for economic development,the driving force to be an entrepreneur,importance of free market for prosperity,relation between rule of law and wealth generation,the effects of regular and change in policies were the topics that  raised heated discussion during the workshop.

For me ,personally ,arthalaya  was the life-time experience.I discovered the  issues which i thought to be handled by government was in fact my misconception and the role of government is to serve and to facilitate the economic development not to coerce it.

According to other participants,the facts they learned in the five days workshop was more heavier than what they had learned in their whole life.So,Don't ever miss this.If you miss this,"you are missing the part of your life"

Dream Of Prosperous Nepal Through Hydropower

It is really a disappointing fact that we are celebrating the centenary of welcoming electricity in our country this year with twelve hours of power cut a day.It is not as disappointing indeed because the power cut got reduced from alarming eighteen hours a day to just twelve hours.It was hundred years ago when the power house in Pharping,the first one,started producing hydroelectricity to light the Rana Palaces in Kathmandu.Though the supply was just limited in the palaces,this was indeed the inauguration to development and the credit goes to prime minister Chandra Shumsher.Another interesting fact is that when there was no electricity in China and South Asian countries,Nepal and British East India Company had the supply.

             We say,'Even when the gas mines in Gulf countries dry out,our water resources will still be good.'This is true but what's the value of money deposited in bank if it can't be withdrawn?The water resources in Nepal if utilized to the best of its capacity can be the milestone for the economic development of our country.Gulf countries within the span of just sixty years recognized their their possibilities and are today booming economically courtesy their gas mines.What are we doing with our resources?sadly nothing!

             One time investment in hydroelectricity can be the source of continuous income for the very long time.The hydro power projects are not effected by road strikes, blockades and pandemics.Nepalese water resources has the capacity of generating 83000 MW of electricity which is enough to fed the light to the whole Asia but due to lack of adequate investment and proper policy from our government, this has been a distant dream.

             During the Maoist insurgency and the state enforced counter insurgency,development of new hydro powers stations not only not only lagged behind but also got destroyed.Today even after signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA)there has been disruptions of functioning the projects.The proper foundations for he developments are yet to be formed.The entrepreneurs face many hindrance start their business.When the entrepreneurs are ready to spend their hard earned money,the legal procedures also fueled by bureaucratic hassles which easily discourage potential investors.

The PPP model designed to collaborate between government and private firms to run the hydro power projects has not been properly designed or implemented in action.the labor dispute and the political interventions on the tuning projects add woes to the wounds of the upset entrepreneurs.The problem related to the transmission lines, security management, endless demands of the locals are also the hindrances faced by the entrepreneurs.

If these problems are alleviated and business friendly polices are maintained, the entrepreneurs of Nepal will make this country one of the prosperous country in the world..........