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Dr. Alok K. Bohara's avatar

Precisely, Dr. Upadhyay. I just saw an interview with MP Ms. Sumana Shrestha and Dr. Upreti and Dr. Koirala, where they were discussing issues related to higher education. Letโ€™s hope that the concerned authorities in Nepal like Ms. Sumana Shrestha can participate in these exchanges to foster a better understanding.

https://youtu.be/JYCAoRAsBQE

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Mukti Upadhyay's avatar

Excellent observations. The idea behind a four-year bachelorโ€™s degree education is that students get opportunities for several critically important skills. Exposure to courses in diverse disciplines in the first two years of college is expected to broaden studentsโ€™ thinking. The students are more likely to engage in critical reading when introduced to courses in physical, biological and social sciences, humanities and arts, and others. The all-important facility of writing can only come from good comprehension of the text read and reviewed, and from careful analysis. A three-year college education will fail to provide adequate exposure to the diversity of classes a student needs to broaden her perspective. Most of the students in public universities in Nepal will come from K-12 schools in the public sector, and given the state of public education through the high school, many of them will be unable to post solid achievements in college unless reasonable time is provided to them. Only a four-year degree offers the best combination of skills, namely critical reading, analytical reasoning, and effective writing that every college graduate should acquire.

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