Lalitpur, Mar. 25:Minister for Education Amod Prasad Upadhyaya has said that the present Nepali Congress government aims to provide education to every citizen for overall development of the nation, promote skills of the people and upgrade their socio-economic condition.

Mr Upadhyaya, while inaugurating the two-day fourth national general convention of the Private and Boarding Schools Organisation (pabson) here today, remarked that providing security to the people from those who are living in the nooks and corners of the country and those who are sitting in palaces fall within the government’s responsibility.

Stating that private schools and government-run schools have their respective roles in educational development, the Education Minister noted that lack of quality education at schools and complaints of parents can be linked to the weakness and inefficiency of the management.

Minister of State for Education Dilendra Prasad Badu said that private and boarding schools have a crucial role to play in educational development and stressed the need to identify weaknesses and shortcomings in the education system in order to tone up this sector.

MP Raghuji Pant, director general of the Education Department Chandra Bahadur Khadka and education expert Dr Tirtha Khaniya also expressed their views at the function chaired by pabson president Rajesh Khadka.

In Nepal there are some 8000 private and boarding schools. Established eight years ago, the pabson has branches in 37 districts.