IT is not enough

Mana Prasad Wagley’s article “Education Policy: Introduce IT to survive competition” (THT, March 22) was not a balanced one. Except for criticising the government’s nationalistic education policy, the author did not say much.

Wagley should be able to distinguish between the basic skills and competent skills that are needed in any profession. It is true that IT should be a crucial part of the system, but it is not everything for all students; except for core IT professionals. So, introducing IT is not sufficient to address the problems facing our education sector. It has already been a decade since high school curricula included IT course. Also, IT needs huge investment in terms of resources but are we able to afford it?

How can we imagine telecentres in VDCs where basic infrastructure is not available? The government policy is in a limbo regarding the expansion of telecentres in rural areas for security reasons. Thus IT is not the solution, but only a part of the process to provide quality education.

Ravi Dhungel, Sallaghari, Bhaktapur

Clarification

Regarding the news “Wife unable to file FIR against ex-SSP hubby,” published in THT on March 11, I would like to present a clarification.

As per her citizenship, the concerned woman is a legal wife of Shyam Shanker Chaudhary of Bara district. From 2044 to 2055 BS, she was fighting cases of separation and polygamy in the Patan Appellate Court against another man claiming him to be her husband. Since her claim was not proved, the court decided against her. During the same period, she claimed that she married me 12 years back, in 2050 BS. How can a woman claim multiple husbands?

This woman used to visit me at the hospital where I underwent kidney transplant. She had once told me of her wish to donate her kidney to her friend. Since her husband was far away, she asked me to sign a consent paper pretending to be her husband. I agreed since I thought the deed was for a noble cause. But little did I realise that she would use the same document to blackmail me.

My first wife died in 2059 BS and I remarried in Mangsir 2060 BS. My wedding news was also published in some dailies. I believe this woman has approached the district police office, Bhaktapur, and judicial bodies against me. This is a sub-judice case and your newspaper should not give importance to it.

Dr Chuda B Shrestha, ex-SSP, Kathmandu

Electric cars

Environment-friendly vehicles should be encouraged in the country as they do not cause pollution. As an electrical engineering student, I am hopeful about the bright

future of such vehicles here. The authorities should make a greater use of this technology.

Ashish, via e-mail

Paying bills

I went to the Nepal Telecom (NT) office at Jawalakhel recently. I had to wait in a queue for an hour to pay my bills. Since NT does not have counters in places like Chabahil and Naxal, it is a great inconvenience for the customers to travel to Jawalakhel and wait there too for hours to get the work done. NT should have more outlets in Kathmandu.

Prabesh, via e-mail