Govt announces ‘Earning while Studying’ program for +2 students

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Kathmandu: The government has introduced ‘Earning while StudyingProgram’ targeting students.

The replacement bill of the budget ordinance brought by Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on Friday states that the ‘Earning while studying program’ will be introduced as a model in some schools in all the seven provinces. Initially, the program will be aimed at students studying up to class 12 in technical disciplines.

It is mentioned in the budget ordinance that mapping from child education to secondary education will be prepared and implemented on the basis of geography and number of students for the qualitative development of the education sector through proper use of quality education, technical education, infrastructure education and technology.

It has been said that a detailed plan will be formulated and implemented to enhance the quality of education by developing physical infrastructure, manpower and technology.