Designing Education in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in the new Environment

• Prospects and Challenges in the new Environment
• A Paper Presented at the International Seminar on Making
• Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants
• Prof. Deepak Bhattarai, Ph.D.

 Presentation

 The Country

Arranged between India in the South and Tibetian self-governing locale of China in

the North, Nepal lies between 260 22-300 27 North scopes and 80o 4-800 12 East

longitude covering an aggregate zone of 147, 181 sq.km. Elevation of the nation fluctuates
between 70m in the South (Kechana) to 18,848m in the North (Everest).
Possessed by 8% of the populace, Himalayan Region involves 37% of area zone,
Rocky district possesses 49% of area range with 47% populace and Terai
possesses 14% area territory with 45% populace. Huge weight of populace in
the Terai is consequently prominent.

Economy is in view of conventional farming with loads of degree for modernization.
Monetary development remains 3% to 4% with populace development of around 2.3 %.
General buyer value list rising quick, Nepal expects fast financial
development by making the changed political framework a vehicle which does not appear to
be conceivable.

Then again the nation is honored with steeply shifting height where by
diverse climatic zone can be come to in short separation. Distinctive money yields can
be delivered all the season at different areas to suit the atmosphere. Extravagance in
biodiversity is likewise the gifts of this diverse climatic zone.

Essentially numerous profound georges, waterway valleys and some mountain crests offer high
paces twist right around 16 hours a day proposing high capability of wind vitality. The
nation encounters splendid daylight over 10 hours consistently for more than 250
days in a year-hence proposing vast capability of sun based vitality. The nation is moreover
favored with more than 4000 waterways and rivulets spilling out of North to South with
guestimated capability of 83,000 mw of power.

There are colossal stores of semi valuable stones and helpful rocks and minerals,
lime stone being the most noteworthy.

The Education System

Guided by vedic logic, this a piece of the Indian Subcontinent delighted in
institutional taking in through Gurukul from 500 B.C. However, present day instruction
Designing Education in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in the new Environment
2 of 10 begun just from 1853 AD by building up Durbar High School for the training
of decision line the Ranas. Right around 16% offspring of school set age never go to
any school. Understudies dropout rate in the provincial part is disturbing. Just around 8% of
the understudies conceded at the essential level complete higher optional training.
Present educational system is a 4 level one with 0-5 years as essential level, 6-8 years as
lower optional level, 9-10 years as auxiliary level and 11-12 higher auxiliary
level. In the wake of finishing higher auxiliary, understudies go to colleges for a
for the most part 4 years Bachelor level training in three standards Humanities,
Administration and Technology which incorporates Engineering and others like nourishment
innovation.

 Higher Education Scenario

The then Prime Minister Junga Bahadur Rana began Department of Education in
the year 1858 demonstrating government concern to standardize training in the
nation. Sanskrit school was begun in 1874 to offer training to Gurukhalak-the
Bahuns. It was just in the year 1885 that basic individuals were offered access to
Durbar School. Spread of training was then quick.

Today, training mindfulness is expanding everywhere throughout the nation. College
training has gone to the private segment and the group. Government is
concentrating on school level training. Table underneath shows status of training in the
nation.

 Status of Education in Nepal

• S.N Level of
• Training
• Number
• of
• Schools
• Public% Students
• Enrolment
• Girls% Number
• of
• Educators
• Females
• Teacher%
• 1 Primary 27,525 77.3 4,502,697 47.4 101,483 30
• 2 Lower
• Auxiliary
• 8,471 67.8 1,374,796 45.7 25,962 16.3
• 3. Auxiliary 5,039 62.3 587,177 45.7 20,232 8.6
• 4. Higher
• Auxiliary
• 1,018 52.6 364,404 43.3 -
• 5 University
• Training
• 520 16.2 141,636 32.7 -
• Source: Ministry of Education and Sports 2007
• Humanities Management Engineering Technology
• Higher Secondary
• Training

Building Education in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in the new Environment

History of Technical Education

Stitutional specialized training began in the year 1930 when an exchange school was
set up to grant abilities to the understudies. Fundamental Engineering instruction began in
the year 1942. Nepal Engineering School was set up in 1951 and 2 years
supervisor's project (after class 10) was begun from year 1954. The primary clump of
supervisors graduated in the year 1961. The present Institute of Engineering was
sorted out under TU by brushing the Engineering School at Pulchowk and
Specialized Training School at Thapathali in the year 1972.
Higher specialized training began in the year 1978 with admission of 22 understudies in
lone wolf of Civil Engineering. Extension of Engineering Education was quick
after the foundation of Nepal Engineering College in the year 1994. Expert's
level training began in the year 1988 at IoE. It was made more open with
the begin of expert's level training at Nepal Engineering College in the year
1999. Ph.D. level training and exploration in Engineering began with first
graduate acquiring a Ph.D. degree in Engineering in the year 2007.

 PRESENT STATUS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

 Institution and GoN Expenditure

Building training is being conferred through 30 universities incorporating 8 in the
open area. The nation offered BE in Civil Engineering just in the year 1990.
Right now 15 projects are offered in Engineering controls including Civil,
Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Computer, Rural, Bio Medical, Geometics,
Ecological, Agricultural. Modern, Software, Information Technology,
Correspondence and Architecture. Right now three are 6 colleges and 3 regarded
to be colleges out of which 4 offer these Engineering projects through their
constituent grounds and/or subsidiary schools. Table beneath demonstrates the
colleges in Nepal .