Education Minister Shrestha decides to take initiative to appoint expert as chancellor, co-chancellor of universities

Kathmandu, March 6: Newly appointed Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sumana Shrestha, has decided to take the initiative for the amendment on the concerned laws to appoint experts as Chancellor and Co-Chancellor of all 11 universities of the country.     

Assuming her office at Singha Durbar this evening, Minister Shrestha directed the authorities to carry out preliminary activities to impart quality education to Nepali youths in the country and to make amendments in existing laws to stop politicization in the universities.     

On the occasion, she shared that a policy-level decision after carrying out the survey on the issue of why youths go abroad for higher education, to improve educational quality and issues of priority would be determined by holding discussion with officials of the Education Ministry.     

The Education Minister stressed that the decision of the Education Committee to take the School Education Bill 2080, which is under consideration in the Parliamentary Committee, in the province for discussion will be facilitated.     

On the occasion, the Secretaries of the Ministry, Suresh Adhikari and Pramila Devi Acharya, welcomed her.     

Lawmaker of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Shrestha, has experience of working as a management consultant, entrepreneur and campaigner. She had led a movement by mobilizing communities in the local levels for the reconstruction of Kasthamandap and conservation of Ranipokhari.     

She holds a master degree in business administration from MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (RSS)