National Educational Commission  2049

Rashmi Khadka

Amisha Rai

Introduction

The People Movement of 2046 BS brought a change in every sector. Obviously, education could not be an escape from it. Consequently, a commission was formed in Falgun 14, 2047BS to manage a good environment in the educational sector, In Asar 14, 2049 BS, the commission submitted 201 pages long proposal which has mentioned the national objectives of education, framework, and policy, primary education, secondary and higher secondary education, higher education, normal and technical education, Sanscrit education, technical as well as vocational education, teacher education, special education, informal education, financial management of education sector,  educational management and observation, etc. This commission has also mentioned pre-primary education in different subjects, private school textbooks and evaluations, libraries, extracurricular activities, etc.

Educational Goals and Objectives 2049

1.

Education should help to foster the potential of innate capacity and personality development of every individual.

2.

Education should help to develop a decent social life by preserving sovereign human values as well as national and social norms and regulations for every individual.

3.

Education should strengthen social integrity by helping individuals' socialization.

4.

Education should help a person to have a cohesive life in the modern age with keeping self-identification in national and international contexts.

5.

Education should develop the human resources for national development by helping social modernization.

6.

Education should help to preserve and use the natural environment and national heritage.

7.

Education should help to bring backward persons into the national mainstream.

The proposal of National Educational Commission 2049 has proposed the structure of the school as follows:

 

Pre-Primary Level: 1 year before primary education

Primary Level: Grade 1 to 5 ( 1 to 3 basic level)

Secondary Level: Lower Secondary: Grade 6 to 8

                                : Secondary — Grade 9 and 10

                                : Higher Secondary Level— Grade 11 and 12

Higher Level: Bachelor Level — 3 years

                                : Degree Level— 2 year

                                : M. Phil.

                                : Ph.D.

 

The national policy of Education

This commission has recommended the following national policy for education

i.

Primary education should be universalized. Non-formal education should be provided to people not having access to education and they should be able to provide continuing education.

ii.

The curriculum must be reorganized from lower to higher levels.

iii.

Primary education should be given in mother tongue. Nepali should be the official language of the country and language of higher education.

iv.

Priority should be given to English in national and international context. Opportunity should be provided for education in other international languages.

v.

Technical schools should be established in all regions of the country.

vi.

Environment education should be included in curriculum. Agriculture education should be included from lower level of curriculum and technical and vocational education should be expanded.

vii.

Arrangements should be made for providing education to women, disable, disadvantaged to bring them in national mainstream. Education and training should be provided to ethnic people for their development. It should be expanded to remote areas.

viii.

Education structure should be re-organized. Definition of literacy should be provided for re-enrollment in formal education from non-formal education and an Open University should be established.

ix.

Provision should be made for entrance examination from improving the quality of education. Teacher's right should be protected. University Grant Commission should be established and national investment in education should be increased.


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