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..............