Academic degrees will be provided to those involved in armed conflict: Dr Bhattarai
Kantipur Report
He said, “Our friends abandoned study and got involved in the revolution (armed conflict). Whatever skill and knowledge they earned, they must receive recognition.”
Speaking at an interaction organised by the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) in the capital today, Dr Bhattarai further went on to say that the people “who could not receive formal education due to financial problem and other reasons but possess sufficient skill and knowledge" must also be provided with degree.
“We are of the opinion that their skill and knowledge must be changed into academic degree and distributed through an open university,” he added.
The Maoist ideologue’s statement comes in the wake of various quarters saying that the Maoist combatants must be integrated into the national army as per the criteria of the Nepal Army for new recruitment.