Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, July 9:

Can launch education programmes

The government has given the Resource Centre Management Committee more teeth by endorsing a new regulation. The regulation, which comes into effect from July 16, states that 1,091 resource centres spread across the country will be able to select resource persons and take decisions on launching education programmes. Earlier, the Department of Education (DoE) used to appoint resource persons.

The Ministry of Education (MoES) had been receiving complaints that, as most of the qualified teachers and people with powerful links were made resource persons, quality school education, especially in remote areas, suffered.

The implementation of the regulation is expected to have a positive impact on the quality of education and is expected to pave the way for effective implementation of education programmes.

While only secondary-level male teachers with five years of job experience can apply for the posts of resource persons from now on, prospective female candidates should have worked as a teacher for two-and-a-half years. Resource persons conduct teachers’ training, monitor schools and collect relevant data. The resource centres will appoint teachers on a contract basis for two years.

“As per the regulation, resource persons — at present, there are 1,100 resource persons, including 188 teachers — will be called back and will be asked to work as teachers,” said Laba Prasad Tripathee, the spokesperson for the MoES.

“The DEOs and resource centres have been given directives to implement the regulation,” he said.