Kathmandu, Feb. 22:State Minister for Education Rajendra Kharel has said that education, the much prioritised sector of the government, is inevitable for all round development of the country.

All the concerned individuals and organisations should contribute for the promotion of Nepal’s education system, which is the backbone of national development, he said at a press conference organised by the ministry here this afternoon.

Education Secretary Jayaram Giri said that the government gave first priority to the basic and primary education and second to the technical and vocational education. “The government has established 15 technical schools at various part of the country to make the nation’s education system more result oriented.”

The government achieved positive results from its investment in education, especially the primary level, a ministry press release distributed earlier said. “Yet there is a lot more to do to bring about qualitative reforms at all levels of education.”

According to the press release, the government has a  policy to make the country’s education standard, productive and creative so as to match with the development process. Everyone concerned should think of how to free education from politics, the release said. “We should sort out the problems, if any, and find solutions to them.”

The government has committed to move ahead with the slogan “The Values of Democratic Education: Employment, Development and Humanity” to make the education employment oriented, development oriented and humanity oriented as per the democratic norms and values, the release said.