Kathmandu, February 20:

The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) today unveiled policies and regulations on education sector.

The ministry stated that these documents would improve the quality of education in the country.

The ministry launched regulations including School Textbook Printing and Distribution Regulation 2063, Policy on Private Technical Colleges 2063, Regulation on Monitoring

Activities Undertaken by Agencies under Education Ministry 2063 and Regulation on School Level Extra-curricular Activities 2063.

The policies endorsed by the ministry are the Regulation on Conducting Distance Education Programmes, National Curriculum Framework for School Education, Gender Mainstreaming Policy, Amendment on the Regulation of Community School Support Programme 2060 and Regulation on Providing Scholarships to 10 per cent Students in Private Schools.

Balananda Poudel, acting education secretary of Education Ministry, talking to the media at the ministry said implementation of the regulation on textbooks would help students get textbooks on time and in fair price.

The regulation has provided that private printing houses will also be given the opportunity to print the government prescribed textbooks.

Janardan Nepal, director of Department of Education (DoE), said the DoE has already allocated money to the schools to acquire textbooks for the forthcoming academic year.

Hence, unlike previous years students in government schools across the nation will get textbooks on time in the coming year, he said.

Poudel said an understanding has been reached between the private school owners

and the government regarding providing the 10 per cent scholarship to the deserving and poor students. The ministry has already issued a notice to DEOs to collect the data of the schools providing scholarships and the details on beneficiaries.

Poudel also said the ministry has started evaluating and monitoring all activities undertaken by the agencies under education ministry.

“We will now focus more on achieving goals and reformation to achieve the goals,” said Poudel.

The ministry also stated that it is planning to launch distance education programme in five schools for the tenth grade in the five development regions from the new academic year.