Prime Minister and Chancellor of Kathmandu University KP Sharma Oli addressing the 30th convocation ceremony (first phase) of Kathmandu University on Saturday. Courtesy photo: Prime Minister’s Secretariat/RSS
Kavrepalanchok, 14 December: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed confidence that the country will move forward towards self-reliance through education. Addressing the 30th convocation ceremony (first phase) of Kathmandu University (KU) in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok today, he said that the government will move forward in a manner that provides education based on self-reliance that creates employment rather than education that seeks employment.
“Now, we are moving towards education that is not just given, but rather education that is created, education that is given in a self-reliant manner, for which universities including KU are moving forward as role models,” said Oli, who is also the Chancellor of KU. He mentioned that he will collaborate and coordinate with the country’s model universities to make students self-reliant by connecting them to employment along with their studies.
Prime Minister Oli said that since a certificate alone does not make a person skilled, character and ethics will clarify what kind of citizen he is. He said, “Certificate is a basis for employment, and being a skilled citizen is determined by conduct, behavior, manners and speech.”
Prime Minister Oli said that students should maintain the identity of the country and its citizens through skills and responsibility. “The conduct, ethics and thinking of students should be positive,” he said, pointing to the graduating students. “Students should be soft-spoken, humble, humanistic, peace-loving and well-mannered, and for success, they should also incorporate cultural manners.” Stating that the university is the temple of education and the foundation of knowledge, he emphasized that the practically extraordinary borderless education should be embraced throughout life.
धुलिखेल (काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक), २९ मङ्सिरः काठमाडौँ विश्वविद्यालयको तिसौँ दीक्षान्त समारोह (पहिलो चरण)मा शनिबार धुलिखेलमा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा दीक्षित विद्यार्थी । सौजन्य तस्बिरः प्रधानमन्त्रीको सचिवालय÷रासस Students convocation at the 30th convocation ceremony (first phase) of Kathmandu University organized in Dhulikhel on Saturday. Courtesy photo: Prime Minister’s Secretariat/RSS
Prime Minister Oli expressed his sorrow over the fact that 21 percent of the earth’s mountains are turning into ‘black stones’ and expressed concern over the increasing risk of other areas becoming deserts. “The earth’s lands are turning into deserts due to the mistakes of others, for this we are fighting for environmental justice, it is necessary to be serious about the issue of bringing the mountains that are turning into black stones back to their original form and also pay attention to the issue of climate change,” he said. Stating that our ancestors had planted more and more tulsi and sambucus nigra to ‘balance’ oxygen, he said that since this was done to avoid damaging the ecological cycle, he has been emphasizing on the need to ‘maintain the climate’.
Speaking at the event, Professor Triloknath Singh, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India, said that Nepal and India have an extraordinary historical and geographical connection, and the mutual relations in the fields of trade, education, and research, as well as the partnership between the two countries in the field of innovation, have paved the way for common progress and sustainable development. He said, “Exemplary projects between the two countries can also inspire a deep sense of trust and partnership between the nations.”
The ceremony was attended by Minister for Education, Science and Technology and KU Pro-Chancellor Bidya Bhattarai. Today, 1,265 students from various faculties of the university were initiated.
