Radha Krishna Mainali

Radha Krishna Mainali
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Minister for Education and Sports and Pro-Chancellor of Pokhara University, Radha Krishna Mainali, has stressed that education should be made qualitative, affordable, employment-oriented and life skill-based, rather a vehicle to churn out the educated but unemployed persons.

Addressing the fifth convocation of Pokhara University in Pokhara on Friday, Minister Mainali said that the process has been initiated for drafting a University Act to bring all the universities of the country under an umbrella.

He expressed the government’s readiness to extend cooperation in resolving the problems of the university.

Educationist Dr Harka Gurung underlined the need to provide the opportunity for higher education on a proportional basis as several districts in the country remain deprived of higher education, in sharp contrast to the mushrooming of institutions of higher education in Kathmandu valley.

Dr Gurung also pointed out the need of making education meet the needs of the country and employment oriented.

Vice-chancellor (VC) of Pokhara University, Dr Purushottam Baskota, said that the university is committed to providing education that is useful to the nation.

VC Baskota said the university is providing quality education despite limited resources.

On the occasion, Minister Mainali presented the “Vice Chancellor Medal” to Binita Shrestha, who secured the highest marks in all the Bachelor level examinations conducted by the university this year and the “Chancellor Medal” to Pujan Shrestha who secured highest marks in the Master level examinations.

At the convocation, some 1,000 students completing Bachelor and Master level studies at the university were conferred different degrees.