| Higher secondary
education in Nepal, a backdrop
It is said that education is a life
long process, but the basic education that one gets
during the formative year definitely contributes to
the shaping of one's future and outlook. This is where;
the school and high school education assumes importance.
Today's school is not merely a school
it is much more.
Its teachers and staff together with
the guardians and students give it a wholesome environment.
As student not only finds a guru here but guides and
friends for life. It is a place to inculcate the fundamentals
of honored values. The education of the weak brains
between the ages of 17 - 18 is counted within the school
education in the international arena.
Further the students of this age group
require a disciplined environment of the schools rather
than that of the universities because of their sensitive
age factor. It was precisely for these kinds of reasons
than the educational planner, administrator, pedagogues
and experts took the initiative to bring about a change
in the existing educational structure by incorporating
two more years of schooling in it, grade XI and grade
XII, known as higher secondary level.
For this purpose, two important seminars
were organized in which educational professionals and
responsible authorities participated and eventually
concluded with a consensus that the 10 + 2 system be
established and operated with optimum efficiency and
effectiveness.
Following this outcome, Government
of Nepal decided to introduce the Higher Secondary Education
Act, which came into effect in 1989 A.D. Later, as stipulated
in the Act, the Higher Secondary Education assembly
was constituted under the chairmanship of the Minister
of Education.
Subsequently Higher Secondary Education
Board (HSEB) was established in 1989 under the Higher
Secondary Education Act.
The board is involved in running the
10 + 2 system in the country.
Nepal National Commission of Education
1992 recommended the importance of the 10 + 2 structure
in the education system and viewed it as the first step
towards specialization.
Incorporating extra two years in school
education was a change in the existing educational structure
aiming at meeting the middle level manpower and imparting
necessary knowledge and skills to the students pursuing
further education.
The higher secondary education in Nepal,
is nothing more than the result of globalization, a
need to come in terms with the global markets when the
world is turning into a global village, and the countries,
borderless.
Today is the time of multiculturalism,
where every voice from every country is striving to
have their say. Today the situation may be viewed as
an indeterminate set of attitudes that has been shaped
by various diversities of cultural and intellectual
currents.
Here, education cannot be separated
from this politics of existence because it is only through
education that one can prove them.
Today's world with its constant and
extensive interaction between people of different countries
demands a system and standard of education that can
earn international recognition.
On the other hand no education system
will be viable if it has no relevance to the community
and its environs. So, the Higher Secondary Education
is a critical stage in development of the human resources
essential for economic development and social progress
of the country.
Passing various difficult phases with
the passage of time, education is gradually getting
due priority in the regions of our country.
The 856 higher secondary schools at
present and the possibility of its proliferation show
that the establishment of the Higher Secondary Education
Board will be justifiable in the future to come.
The board is involved in running the
10 + 2 system in the country in both English and Nepali Medium but for Science Stream,English Medium is compulsory.
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