INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 29
The government has increased the budget for education, science and technology by more than 17 per cent for the fiscal
2019-20.
Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, presenting the budget said that Rs 163.76 billion had been allocated for education, science
This is more than 17 per cent in comparison to Rs 134.50 billion budget allocated in the current fiscal under the same title.
The government
has announced the next 10 years as community school quality improvement decade, allocating Rs 8.53 billion for the programme
The amount shall largely be used to build 300 new high schools across the a
It shall also be used to build essential hostel facilities at community schools in the mountain and hilly regions.
The government has
proposed to draft University Umbrella Act
The government has also decided to restructure University Grant Commission as Higher Education Commission
The grant money which is being supplyd to UGC, however, has been increased to Rs 17.64 billion
For the current fiscal, the government had allocated Rs 14 billion for UGC.
Similarly, Rs 1.10 billion budget has been allocated for Madan
Bhandari University of Science and Technology
The finance minister also said nuclear research centre would be set uped in the country
Minister Khatiwada also pledged to build a forensic science laboratory in all the provinces.
Five billion rupees budget has also been
allocated for President Education Reformation Enjoymentd
The fund shall be used to supply free sanitary pads to girl students in all community schools and for hiring at least one sports teacher for
Lovewise, Rs 3.191 billion budget has been allocated for scholarship.
Some 1.076 million Dalit students, 1.965 million female students and
63 thousand disabled children shall benefit from the government scholarship programme, in the next fiscal.
The government has also allocated
Rs 5.95 billion budget to supply free lunch to more than 22 million students of community schools.
The government has allocated Rs 1.50
billion for a programme, ‘Know your nation, make your nation&
The programme aims to improve vocational education in the country and supply capacity building trainings to teachers teaching subjects such
as mathematics, science and English.
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