KATHMANDU: The newly-elected office-bearers of Nepali Congress student wing, Nepal Students Union (NSU), have pledged to work with a focus on educational issues rather than political ones.

Presenting his two-year plan of action, NSU President Nainsingh Mahar said the organisation would put its all-out efforts to make the basic public needs such as education and health free and accessible.

The NSU demand now is the education policy that would help maintain ethnic, regional and religious tolerance in the country, Mahar said.

"Our focus will be on ethics-based applied education", he added.

Also speaking on the occasion were Vice-President Urmila Thapaliya, General Secretary duo Kundan Raj Kafle and Saroj Kumar Thapa.