Posted by: GP July 27, 2005
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One of the greatest achievements of 1990s movement,
is the education that reached to wider population that
Panchayat never wanted. Do not forget the new
colleges, Higher Secondary Schools around the country
at this moment are more than 1000s (refer:Nepal Patrika's
recent article HS Schools). Next great achievement of
1990s is that it allowed 1000s of Nepalis to go abroad ...
Remember in 1989, when I went to BKK, I had to get
MANTRI's signature to get $150. from Rastra Bank ...
can you imagine, immediately after 1990s, it went up
and up..... In Panchayat all foreign currency went to
somewhere, no students were allowed to have more than
few hundred bucks outside the country. I remember that
at that time, those Nepali students who wanted to travel
outside Nepal e.g. US, they won't get more than $1500
for tution fees after passing through all hassles.... But,
immediately after 1990s, the foreign currency exchange
was greatly enjoyed by Nepalis students who wanted to
come to US for studies. Today, I can see Nepalis here
not from Ghusyaha class people only, but from lower
class ... I can see these students right here in my backyard.
That is the greatest achievement of 1990s. In 1980s, best
students have to wait for colombo plan to be engineer or
doctor, but today because of private education sector i.e.
because of 1990s achievement, anyone good student can
dream of being an engineer, or IT professional or doctor ...
it has gone to much wider population... of course it has not
trickled to bottom of the population.... as times comes it will...
Higher Secondary school was great idea and it had brough
a lot differences in education system.....
All these things happened because of sacrifices made by many
Gagan like people... whether you like it or not. It did not happen
because of many western educated opportunists, but because
of these poor nepalis .............. We should be grateful to them.
Vote for Gagan.
GP