Nepal

Kathmandu, September 24

Six persons today filed a writ petition against the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Department of Education, and the Teachers Service Commission at the Supreme Court, seeking stay order of examination schedule published by the TSC for obtaining permanent teaching licence.

The petitioners said though the notice seemed to have given them an opportunity for obtaining permanent teaching licence, it had infringed on their rights to competition.

Stating that the exam to be held was illegal the petitioners had filed the application demanding its cancellation, read the petition.

As per The Education Act (eighth amendment), secondary education refers to classes from nine to 12.

The act says successful completion of secondary education is equivalent to completing proficiency certificate level or higher secondary level, mentioned the petition.

But, the examination notice said that the exam was only for those who had completed MasterDegree in any subjects like Nepali, Sociology, Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mathematics, English, Accountancy, Agriculture and Animal Science, by obtaining at least aggregate marks of 300, from a recognised university, or had an equivalent degree, and were teaching at Secondary level and had acquired temporary teaching licences, according to the petitioners.

They also said the teachers of Economics were told to sit for the examination of Social Studies.

Against the fundamental principal of examination, teachers of different subjects were required to sit for the exam of Social Studies.

Such provision violated their right to employment, read the petition.

The Teachers Service Commission had published the notice inviting applications for Permanent Teaching Licence for the teachers of primary level, lower secondary level and secondary level teachers on June 17.

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Kathmandu, September 24

The government has issued Local Infrastructure Development Partnership (Operating Procedure) Regulations-2019, for selection and prioritisation of development programmes to be carried out throughout the country.

The regulations have identified 14 programmes which will be carried out in each constituency. The programs include irrigation, landslide control, construction and upgradation of roads, water supply, sanitation, conservation of heritage sites, micro hydroelectricity and electrification.

The programmes also include health facilities, support in increase of agricultural productivity, sports infrastructures, orphanage, housing for homeless, infrastructure development of community schools and projects that promote the interest of persons with disabilities.

As per the regulations, there shall be a six-member Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) in each constituency for coordination and facilitation of implementation and management of the programmes to be conducted as per the rules. The committee comprises a member of the House of Representative, elected under the proportional system, a member of the National Assembly, chief and deputy chief of the District Coordination Committee and chairperson or mayor of rural municipality or municipality where the programmes will be implemented.

Functions and duties of the committee include collecting details of projects that may be implemented and solving problems that may surface in the course ofimplementation of programmes or projects. The regulations prohibit selection and implementation of programmes in a manner to collude with political parties and their sister organisations by sidelining broader interest of people living in the concerned constituency.

There shall be a steering committee led by the PAC coordinator for the purpose ofselection and monitoringof programmes. The regulations require the committee to prioritise the infrastructure projects that create labour-based employment, ensure maximum public participation and reduce disaster risk, and send the project details to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Genera Administration, District Treasury Controller Office and the concerned local level by the end of November, each year. A development programme or project shall have cost estimate of minimum five million rupees.

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Kathmandu, September 24

Leader of the Communist Party of China visiting Nepal Song Tao today called on President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Nepal Communist Party Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

During his meeting with Bhandari at the latterofficial residence, Song said China was always in favour of Nepaldevelopment.

Song, who heads the CPCInternational Liaison Department, said to achieve development, political parties in Nepal should enhance their capacity and be strong, according to the presidentadvisor Sushil Pyakurel. Song said the MoU between the CPC and the NCP was in line with the idea of strengthening the NCP.

In her reply, Bhandari said Nepal was not a peoplerepublic, but federal democratic republic, and that any party could come to power through the election process.

Thatwhy, she said, the CPC should have harmonious relations with all Nepali parties because Nepal-China relations were above party-to-party relations, according to Pyakurel.

The meeting between Dahal and Song at a hotel in Kathmandu mostly dwelt on activities of the communist parties of the two countries.

Dahal thanked the CPC for extending cooperation to Nepal and Nepali people. He stressed the need for further strengthening relation between the two parties through continuous experience sharing. &I expect additional support from the Chinese government and the CPC in Nepaldevelopment endeavours,& Dahalsecretariat quoted him as saying, during the metering.

Song stressed onthe need for building a common platform for experience sharing between the two parties. Stating that ideology was one of the biggest assets of a communist party, Song said both the parties should work in further strengthening their ideologies.

&Parties can win peopleheart only through development,& said Song was quoted as saying by Dahalsecretariat during the meeting.

Yesterday, Song had called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the latterofficial residence, in Baluwatar. According to OliPress Advisor Kundan Aryal, Song said his Nepal visit was also part of preparations for upcoming Nepal visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Prime Minister Oli said he hoped XiNepal visit would be fruitful. Song is in Nepal to attend the two-day ‘Communist Party of ChinaOpinion about Xi Jinping Thought and Ideological Discussion between Nepal Communist Party and Communist Party of China& that kicked off here yesterday.

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Kathmandu, September 24

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Communist Party of China today established fraternal relations with the signing of a memorandum of understanding here today.

The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing two-day ‘Communist Party of ChinaOpinion about Xi Jinping Thought and Ideological Discussion between Nepal Communist Party and Communist Party of China& that kicked off here yesterday.

Communist Party of ChinaInternational Liaison DepartmentDirector Song Tao (left) shakes hands with Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday. Photo courtesy: CMPrachanda

The NCPInternational Department Chief Madhav Kumar Nepal and the CPCInternational Liaison DepartmentDirector Song Tao signed the MoU in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and NCP Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Song is in Nepal to take part in the discussion.

As per the six-point MoU, the two parties will facilitate exchange of high-level visits between the two countries. The two parties will increase frequency of visits at the worker-level for training in the two countries. The parties will also boost cooperation in terms of experience sharing and expand exchange of visits of youths and local-level leaders.

The two parties will also work to boost relations at the peoplelevel—intelligentsia, civil society organisations and mediapersons — from both the countries. They will also run annual joint programmes on thoughts and ideology.

NCP International Department Deputy Chief Bishnu Rijal said the MoU was signed to renew relations between the two communist parties, especially after the unification of the then CPN-UML and CPN-MC. Before the integration, the CPC had separate relations with the CPN-UML and CPN-MC.

&It is an attempt to further consolidate the relations existing between the two countries and two parties, and take such relations to a new height,& Rijal said. &Nepal and NCP are committed to the ‘One China Policy& and we are moving ahead as per the same commitment.&

The discussion programme, which ends today, is being jointly organised by the NCPSchool, Organisation and International departments, and the CPCCentral Party School, Organisation Department and International Liaison Department.

Around 200 participants from the NCP and 40 from CPC are taking part in the event that mostly dwells on ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era&.

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