KATHMANDU, Oct 14: The government has forwarded an infrastructure development plan for community schools with the aim of retaining the growing attraction of students and guardians towards community schools.
The activities of physical infrastructure expansion have been started keeping the 109 community schools having more than 2,000 students and achieved good results in SEE, across the country in priority.
Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel, shared that Rs 6.54 billion has been allocated in the current fiscal year to improve the infrastructure at these schools, saying this is the historic step for transformation of the education sector.
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Minister Pokharel added that Rs 5.34 billion has already been withdrawn for 89 schools in the first phase. Activities would be accelerated for the construction of a modern 12-room three-storey building. Each building would be constructed at a cost of around Rs 60 million. The school building will have modern classrooms, a systematic lab and library.
A learning environment of students would be made safer, organised and effective from this investment, he opined.
"Having the high influx of students in some community schools is a matter of happiness. We are equally aware of the reality that some of the schools are grappling with shortage of students. We have started developing infrastructure starting from large schools to address this disparity," underlined the Education Minister.
He mentioned, "I want to express my commitment to end this disparity forever by equally strengthening the educational quality and physical infrastructures of all community schools of the country in the coming days."
Minister Pokharel called for everyone's cooperation and collaboration to improve the educational quality of community schools.