Bhaktapur, February 23

Education Minister Dhaniram Paudel underlined the need to produce more human resources by linking education to production and employment.

Speaking at the 29th anniversary function of Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training at Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, today, he said technical education should be expanded to the villages as the constitution mentions that vocational education is the basis for building a prosperous nation. He pointed out the need for revising education policy as quality education for all was not possible under the existing one.

Dr Kul Bahadur Basnet, CTEVT vice-chairperson, Ramesh Bakhati,  member-secretary,  Prof Dr Suresh Raj Sharma, former vice-chancellor of Kathmandu University, Surya Prasad Gautam, Joint Secretary at education ministry, stressed on charting a roadmap to build a better technical education system. Many instructors associated with the different technical and vocational schools were conferred medals at the function.