Time and again attempts have been made to discontinue Certificate Level curriculum by the Tribhuvan University. However, the authorities had to back down after strong protests from student unions and other stakeholders. Those opposing the move to do away with this curriculum may have some concerns, like many of the schools are not

capable of holding 10+ 2 classes citing the lack of qualified teachers and the necessary infrastructure. However, it is felt that higher secondary education is capable of imparting quality education and that is recognised at the international level. Besides, this would also facilitate the country’s oldest university to concentrate on higher studies and also relieve it of the burden that it is presently facing having to conduct classes of the Certificate Level. Since it is possible to provide this education in schools itself, the students would stand to benefit as well as they would not have to leave their schools to pursue higher studies up to the secondary level. But it is essential to equip the schools with qualified teachers so that they can take up the total responsibility of the education programmes up to the 10+2 stage.

Now that the Certificate Level curriculum provided by the Tribhuvan University is not recognized

by many foreign universities, this may be only good reason to scrap it. Students taking the Certificate

Level find it difficult to pursue higher studies abroad. Thus, taking these into consideration the announcement by the Vice Chancellor of the Tribhuvan University that the Tribhuvan University would no longer be conducting the Certificate Level curriculum from this year can be seen from this light. As the university has expressed its stand in this regard, time will tell if the university will

keep its decision or change it at the last moment

as on previous occasions bowing down to pressure

to run the classes. The intermediate level classes

run by the university are cheaper but a burden to

the university, and it is found that the curriculum

is getting obsolete and not moving ahead as per the demands of the time.

Now, the budget has to be set aside to run higher secondary or plus two classes in the government schools. Most of the government schools lack the

finances to conduct these classes so they should be provided with the necessary funds in order to run the classes. Furthermore, it must be mentioned here

that the schools must be strictly monitored and there should be no compromising on the quality of education that they would be imparting. As a majority of the students who have passed the SLC are studying in the higher secondary level, it would not be a very

difficult proposition to do away with the Certificate Level curriculum. In any case, the decisions have to be made with the well being of the students always being of uppermost concern. The Tribhuvan University, now that it has decided to abolish the Certificate Level curriculum that it has been providing for quite a long time, must now get down to the task of providing higher education that would be up to the standards comparable to that of other countries.