THT 10 years ago: Hurdles cleared for interim govt; new entity likely today Kathmandu, March 29, 2007 Top leaders of the four major political parties — Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN-Maoist and NC-D — today reached an understanding regarding the formation of an interim government before the Prime Minister leaves for New... 30 Mar, 2017
Govt mulling direct promotion of school teachers Kathmandu, January 6 The Ministry of Education is mulling to introduce a new provision for direct promotion of teachers in line with the Civil Service Act. Currently, there are a total of 107,853 permanent posts of teachers at various levels in... Horoscopes 07 Jan, 2016
School Sector Development Plan on cards Kathmandu, December 27 The Ministry of Education is all set to introduce School Sector Development Plan in a bid to improve learning environment as well as to enhance the overall quality of education across the country. The plan will come into... Horoscopes 28 Dec, 2015
Programmes to lure students into school Kathmandu, April 13:The Minister for Education and Sports, Pradip Nepal, today announced programmes to make the students’ enrolment campaign (SEC) and School Welcome Programme (SWP) successful. While the SEC and SWC will begin on May 16 and conclude... Travel 14 Apr, 2007
Govt plans to install own ‘security press’ To print SLC papers, confidential documentsKathmandu, March 29:Come next year, the government will have its own ‘security press’ in the country for the first time. The three-year-old plan to set up the same was on the priority list under the... Travel 30 Mar, 2007
ADB, UNICEF to fund Education For All programme Kathmandu, June 19 :The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have pledged support for the Education For All (EFA) Pool Fund from the next year. They made this promise during the EFA and Secondary Education... Travel 19 Jun, 2006
Ban on low quality school buildings Kathmandu, June 18 :Following protests from communities, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) recently scrapped the concept of constructing low quality temporary school buildings and has come up with plans to build proper ones from next year.... Travel 18 Jun, 2006
Height of tardiness The mid-term review of the much-hyped $74.83 million Secondary Education Support Programme (SESP) reveals that the ADB and DANIDA-supported project is moving at a snail’s pace. This only goes to reflect the policy-makers’ scant concern as the... 21 Mar, 2006
Slow progress in $78m education project reported Kathmandu, March 20:The Mid-Term Review of the $78.83-million Secondary Education Support Programme (SESP) revealed that only 22 per cent of the total allocated budget was disbursed by the end of the fiscal year 2004-05, signalling very slow... Travel 20 Mar, 2006
Schools’ handover to community hits hurdle Bhaktapur, November 28:The turn of events in the country and the pro-Maoist student groups’ threats to the communityhave put a crimp in the transfer of public schools’ management to the community. The Department of Education officials said the... Travel 29 Nov, 2005
Progress in Education for All to be assessed Kathmandu, November 17:The Department of Education (DoE) is preparing action plans, forming thematic groups and formulating terms of reference to assess the progress made in achieving Education for All goals. With the objective of helping the DoE and... Travel 18 Nov, 2005
Govt incentives to pupils during enrolment drive Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, March 18: The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) today announced that it would provide incentives during the ‘Students enrolment campaign’ in order to attract those 16 per cent primary level students who are... Travel 18 Mar, 2005
