CPN (US) Chairman stresses socio-economic transformation

Chairperson of the CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal said socio-economic transformation was necessary to stabilize political changes in the country.

In an interaction organized by the Socialist Student Front here Sunday, Chairperson Nepal said Nepal should move ahead by adopting good experiences of socialism exercised by various countries in the world. He urged the political parties and forces that were patriotic and subscribed to leftist and socialist ideologies, to join the Socialist Front.

Urging one and all to stand against corruption, atrocity and inequality in unison, the former Prime Minister condemned that the education sector of the country was under the influence of crony capitalism and thus spoke of the need to move ahead strongly by resisting the influence.

Similarly, Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal Chairperson Upendra Mahato argued that education was the major basis for social reform and he highlighted the need for reform the sector itself. According to him, the education sector in the country was crisis-ridden. Hence he pressed for a 'radical' change in the sector. Mahato viewed the government should shoulder all responsibilities of the education sector.

On the occasion, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Ashok Rai shared that the Federal Education Bill was going to be presented in the Federal Parliament by overcoming various problems and obstructions. He was confident that the Bill would significantly contribute to the overall development of the education sector, thereby addressing the issues relating to the teachers.

The Minister shared that his top priority was an umbrella bill related to the higher education. He pointed out the need for the students to work with awareness to prepare the basis for socialism.

Also speaking in the programme, Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal Standing Committee member Uma Bhujel underscored effective implementation of the socialism. She opined that it was high time the country took forward the socialism in a new manner.

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