Be responsible
Be
responsible
It
was not surprising to know that the text books for the new academic session
will not be adequately printed and delivered to the remote districts on time
this year also. The government owned Janak Education Material Centre (JEMC) has
always failed to print adequate number of text books before the beginning of
new academic session. As a result, the students, especially from the rural and
remote areas, had to suffer a lot. Same problem seems to be repeated this year
“Manage adequate textbooks for new academic session, govt told” (THT, 18
January, Page 2). This problem has continued to persist for the last several
years. The government has not put any effort to solve this problem.
Millions
of government and donor funds have been invested in the education sector in the
name of “education for all”. According to JMEC, a total of 130,000 textbooks
are required for grade VI to IX for the country. It has printed only 80,000
textbooks so far. However, it is interesting to know that the government has given
the responsibility of printing textbooks from grade I to V to the private
publishers. It should be prepared to give responsibility to more private
publishers so that all the textbooks are printed on time and distributed to all
the students before the beginning of new session. Otherwise, every year in the
past, most of the students in the rural areas could not get their textbooks for
almost the entire sessions.
Time
has come for government to either upgrade the printing capacity of JMEC or even
ask Sajha Prakashan to help it to adequately print the textbooks to ensure that
students will not be deprived of their rights to education. This is the
people’s government in the Republic Nepal and needs to be accountable and
responsible to the people. It is hoped this year that the government will
listen to the instruction of Women, Children, Senior Citizen and Social Welfare
of Parliament and act responsibly.
Rai Biren
Bangdel
Maharajgunj
