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More students found cheating in GCSE and A-level exams

More students are cheating in GCSE and A-level exams in England, with the number caught last summer up a quarter on the previous year, new figures show. Exam boards issued 2,715 penalties to studen...

Can teachers work together with local bodies ?

Can teachers work together with local bodies ?

Politics and management of community education are directly or indirectly related to each other. The different political changes or policy measures introduced while implementing federal set up during...

Hamro Sikshya: In favour of strong public education

Hamro Sikshya: In favour of strong public education

Kathmandu - The school hour starts at 9 am in the morning. But Suva Baral (name changed) reaches the gate of her school – Koteshwor Sarashwati Secondary School—after 11 a.m. She looked sca...

Professional wings of teachers should give up politics

Professional wings of teachers should give up politics

There are high hopes for improvement in the quality of community education after the constitution brought secondary education under the purview of local bodies.  There are expectations that the e...

How will local government test quality of education ?

How will local government test quality of education ?

The education for all campaign that started in 1990 has now come to an end. The Millennium Development Goals concluded in 2015 and now the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)'s are being enforced....

Divisions within community education

Divisions within community education

A just society and prosperous country envisaged by us is not possible without ensuring reforms in community education. Whether we accept or not, education is playing a major role in the current class...

Where are the sources for running public school ?

Where are the sources for running public school ?

In the previous coalitions, the responsibility of the finance ministry and the education ministry was in the hands of the CPN Maoist Centre party. Krishna Bahadur Mahara was the main command of state...

Local bodies lunching campaign for public education

Local bodies lunching campaign for public education

Community schools belong to Dalits and poor students. The rich parents send their kids to private schools. The same notion is in practice in Doti district located at far western Nepal. Only poor famil...

Only increasing taxation won't give a solution

Only increasing taxation won't give a solution

Dr. Hari Lamsal is the joint secretary of Education Ministry and expert on taxation. Edukhabar.com talked with Dr. Lamsal on how can the authority provided to local bodies for overseeing secondary lev...

Rich and powerful have no interest in community schools

Rich and powerful have no interest in community schools

Nearly 83 percent of the total school level students study at community schools. Therefore, we cannot imagine the change in standard of education in Nepal without improving the quality of community sc...

Are students priority of teachers ?

Are students priority of teachers ?

The community education is at its worst. The investment of the state in education is turning into a waste. The learning capability at community schools is gradually becoming worst. Everyday peopl...

Political apathy towards public education reform

Political apathy towards public education reform

Local bodies have almost completed more than six months of their tenure expect in the province two where polls were delayed by few months. The country is heading towards parliamentary and provincial e...

Community education under deliberate attack

Community education under deliberate attack

The year will be marked as year of elections in Nepal. Every sector is influenced by election related activities and the education sector is not an exception. The Ministry of Education limited its rol...

Local governments: No roadmap even after 5 months

Local governments: No roadmap even after 5 months

The local representatives have already spent five months of their tenure. But they are unsure on how to implement the responsibility regarding education tasked to them by  the constitution. The c...

Elected local representatives should correct their illusions

Elected local representatives should correct their illusions

The role of budget is crucial to strengthen the educational right regarding overseeing of the secondary education entrusted to local bodies by the constitution. The major source of the revenue is taxa...