Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said policy initiatives have already been started to upgrade the Grade 10 Secondary Education Examination (SEE) results to about 70 percent.
Addressing the program organized by the National Education Day, 2081 Celebration Main Committee here today, PM Oli said the government is steadfastly working to remove the existing backwardness in the education sector.
He added that significant improvement would be made in the SEE results, by teaching major subjects to students through the online mode. The present pass rate of students in SEE is around 50 percent.
"Policy-level initiatives have already begun to bring significant improvement in the SEE results. We have no time for making speeches. The education of this land that is home to education, knowledge, meditation, yoga, civilization, and culture cannot remain in the backwaters now," Prime Minister Oli said.
Noting that a wave of education development had automatically started in the villages of Nepal with the establishment of democracy in 2007 BS, but we could not make strides in education to the extent possible in this area, he said, "The Rana and Shah rulers were more engrossed in taking pleasure in comfort and their rule. Now the republic has been established. It is the responsibility of us all not to let education remain in the backwardness in this system."
He urged educationists to produce capable citizens who can compete at the world level.
On the occasion, PM Oli presented prizes to the campuses, schools and organizations excelling in higher education, school education, and social sector.
National Education Day is being observed across the country today around the slogan - "Knowledge, Science, Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Originality: Partnership and Systemic Competence."
The government began celebrating National Education Day on Ashoj 2 starting last year, based on the date of the certification of the "Compulsory and Free Education Act, 2075," which was enacted to implement the fundamental rights outlined in the constitution. (RSS)
