Nepal

Kathmandu, August 24

Students majoring in any subject in their bachelordegree will get admission to Master of Arts in English at Tribhuvan University, its constituent campuses and affiliated colleges from the upcoming academic session that begins in October/November.

Earlier, students who had taken English as major subject in their bachelorlevel, were only eligible to get admission to the MA English course.

&The proposal to enrol students from other faculties has been approved by the Subject Committee under the Faculty Board. The Central Department of English had come up with the proposal, and it has been forwarded to the DeanOffice. The proposal will be endorsed before admission announcements,& said Shiva Lal Bhusal, dean of Tribhuvan University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

&There is no harm in allowing students from other faculties to pursue a course in English literature at masters& level. But the students should pass the entrance exam to get admission,& he added.

&English literature is an interdisciplinary subject. It has corelation with history, sociology, culture, international relations, psychology, environment and various other areas of studies. Therefore, allowing students from different streams to study English literature will bring in positive changes and help revive the dying Humanities at the university,& said Professor Anand Sharma, adding, &Ithigh time we made MA in English open for everyone. If we still do not open the way for students to pursue masterdegree in interdisciplinary courses like English literature, it will be great injustice to all those aspiring to study English literature.&

Years back, courses in English literature were limited to British and American literature, but now the scenario has changed — English literature courses include world literature. English literature courses have been designed incorporating multi-disciplinary approach to help students broaden their horizon of knowledge, said Prof Amma Raj Joshi, former head of the Central Department of English at TU.

Professor Joshi, however, suggested that the entrance tests should be conducted in a fair manner and entrance question papers should meet the standard to make sure that only deserving candidate get admission.

At least 150 students get enrolled in MA English programme run by the Central Department of English, TU, Kirtipur, each year.

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Kathmandu, August 24

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Giriraj Mani Pokhrel has said that the government should work together with the private sector to boost the education quality of community schools.

Inaugurating the second International Conference on Quality Education-2019, Minister Pokhrel said, &Since the government implemented School Sector Development Plan 2016-2023, support of private education institutions has been crucial to scale up the quality of education in rural areas, mainly through classroom teaching methods.&

The three-day conference held at Rato Bangla School, Patandhoka, drew over 600 teachers of community schools from across the country. Hundreds of experts and stakeholders from across the country and delegates from six countries have converged at the event. The conference was held at the joint initiative of Centre for Education and Human Resource Development under the Ministry of Education and Rato Bangla Foundation.

Highlighting the importance of teachers in shaping the future of students, Minister Pokhrel said, &Quality of education depends on the quality of teachers. Therefore, we must focus on improving the skills of teachers if we want to upgrade the quality of education.&

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Secretary at Minister for Education, Science and Technology Khaga Raj Baral said that investment on teachers of community schools had largely remained unproductive. He suggested that teachers of community schools should focus on capacity building more than anything else.

Chairperson of Rato Bangla Foundation Shanta Dixit said, &The conference will be helpful to replace the old teaching methodology followed by community teachers with modern teaching methods even as they are mindful of traditional values of society.&

She that said the conference would help teachers develop their students& creative and critical thinking skills. &The conference will also help promote team work among teachers,& she said.

Veronica Cody, European Unionambassador to Nepal said that every child should have equal opportunity for quality education.

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