Kathmandu, Sept 30:
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today honoured various schools with the National Education Prize on the occasion of National Education Day.
The Kaski-based National School of Business has been awarded this year’s ‘Best Campus National Award’ carrying a purse of Rs 250,000.
Similarly, the Chapagaun-based Janabhawana Campus in Lalitur has bagged the prize for the best community campus, and the Kathmandu-based Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences towards the private campuses. They each bagged the cash prize of Rs 250,000.
Similarly, the Tulsipur Secondary School based in Dang of Tulsipur has been presented with the National Award for its outstanding SEE results-2080 BS among the community schools. The award carries a purse of Rs 300,000, a shield, and a certificate. The Vishwa Niketan School based in Kathmandu bagged the cash prize of Rs 200,000 for its second position in the SEE results and the third prize carrying the purse of Rs 100,000 has been conferred on the Dang-based Janakalyan Secondary School, Shantinagar.
Likewise, among the private schools, Fluorescent Secondary School in Tokha of Kathmandu bagged the first prize with Rs 300,000. The second prize of Rs 200,000 has been conferred on the Bijeshwori Gyan Mandir Sainik Mahabidhyalaya, Kathmandu and the Budhanikantha School in Kathmandu has bagged the third prize of Rs 100,000.
Among technical schools, Nepal Banepa Polytechnic Institute in Kavrepalanchowk, the Tulsipur-based Polytechnic Institute in Dang, the Janata Secondary School Banganga in Kapilvastu, and the Nepal Army College of Health Sciences, Kathmandu have been presented with Rs 100,000 each for their outstanding results in the examinations conducted by the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training.
Similarly, Youth Activities Upliftment Centre Kageshwori and the C Asha Foundation Lalitpur have been awarded the Social Service Award carrying a purse of Rs 200,000 each and a certificate.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister launched the Educational Souvenior-2081 BS.
Policy initiatives have been started in bringing notable improvement in SEE results: PM
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 programme 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 organisations 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.
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