It is always said that “Nepal is a developing country where the country itself is poor but the people are rich”. This often quoted statement is true in the sense that the state machinery is corrupt that makes the country poor. A handful of the people, crony businessmen and bureaucrats are rich as they always suck state coffers. The education sector is not an exception as far as corruption is concerned. For our country, cannot technical education be more suitable than Plus Two education? Instead of spending two years in Plus Two why don’t we spend a few months to get technical training like that of hairdresser, cook, and waiter. The Plus Two education cannot provide job opportunities in the market and every student has to study further to be qualified for getting a job in the market. We all know that all Plus Two students are not successful in their respective fields. So, instead of taking chances and wasting two years, I prefer to go for technical education that provides job opportunity within and outside the country. If an individual is

interested in higher education like engineering, medicine, agriculture, law and management they should study Plus Two level of education. But others should be given an opportunity to pursue technical education offered by the CTEVT. I fully agree with CTEVT’s diploma level course as it is effective to get immediate jobs. Thus, I believe spending more time in a related field earlier is more reasonable than wasting two years at Plus Two.

Kashyab Maharjan, Dakshinkali

Compensation

This is with reference to the news story ‘’Three killed in protest against six-province model in Surkhet’’ (THT, Aug. 10, Page 1). It is tragic news to learn that three innocent persons were killed in protests in Surkhet where they were merely demanding that the mid-western region be kept intact and some of the districts of the region be not included in another Pradesh as proposed by the Special Committee of the Constitutional-Political and Dialogue Committee. The mob could have been easily handled had the local

administration anticipated in advance that the local people were likely to take to the streets demanding an integrated mid-western region as a single Pradesh. It is wrong to say that the mob turned violent and unruly. A large police force as well as Armed Police Force could have been mobilized in the streets to prevent the untoward incident. On the other hand, the government should also have kept its security forces on high alert across the country after the 6-Pradesh model was made public. It was obvious that

people of some parts of the country would oppose it, and it would not satisfy all. The government should take stern action against the chief district officer for failing to take the situation under control. I also demand that the kin of the deceased be provided with compensation that the government did in similar

incidents in the past.

Pratik Shrestha, Kathmandu