By-Satya Narayan Sardar
Introduction
The development process in every country derives from the interface between policies and their implementation, which in turn depends on the quality of governance. Good governance ensures the proper framework for the citizens for their optimal benefits. Nepal’s efforts for administrative improvement began only after the early 1950s. The recommendations of the Buch Committee and Administrative Reorganization and Planning Commission (ARPC) were the major endeavors for initiating an improvement in the administrative system in those days in Nepal. Despite ARPC recommended for the establishment of Institute of Public Administration for providing education on administrative science and imparting training, the process began only in the late 1960s.
Initially, public administration education was started with one-year diploma in public administration together with imparting in-service training for HMG Second Class Gazetted Officers under Center for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA) of the Tribhuvan University. Later in 1976, Public Administration Campus (PAC) - a full fledge constituent campus of the Tribhuvan University was established. PAC was assumed the sole responsibility for education for public administration and undertook "Diploma in Public Administration" (DPA Program until 1979). The mission quickly evolved to include offering Master degree in Public Administration in 1979. To upgrade and get more independent status, the Tribhuvan University has created Central Department of Public Administration (CDPA) in 1986. Since then PAC/CDPA has been imparting education, training and conducting research in the area of public affairs management.
Sole Tribhuwan University was not able to conduct the whole academic programme on the complete involvement of the government and thus, the public affiliation was given to the various campuses in the various time and periods. The aim of those colleges was and is to impart the education based on the curriculum of the Tribhuwan University. Various campuses have been successful to achieve the goal in the various time frames. For the last few years, the public campuses have been facing several challenges due to the liberal policy of the university. As several private institutions have been emerged, in stead of providing the quality education with accessible fee for all, it marched towards expensive and privatized education system. It really brought a great gap between the public campuses and private campuses. The gap is, day by day, increasing and bringing a great distinction between the scholars of these two types of campuses.
Needs
Nepal is filled with several villages with three regions- Terai, hill and mountain. The number of the dwellers is deprived of the fundamental needs including education and even employment opportunities. They cannot even manage the sufficient fund for their children. They are deprived of the quality education. Those students, though, come to good colleges but cannot adjust nor compete with the students who come from the private schools. They are anyhow inclined to get the higher education not on those highly equipped and well furnished and sophisticated colleges. In those areas we cannot get the facilitated colleges. For the people of those regions, the public colleges are only the option. In spite of the fact that those colleges are not so highly sophisticated, the students try to abide with those students who are really competitive and some how perfect in grabbing the opportunities of the any concerned field.
On the another hand, the poverty plays a vital role to stay those students in such places and gain the education as per provided by the concerned colleges because they have to be educated and be eligible for at least applying for any post. In this regard, the public colleges play a vital role to enable the students to come up to level and compete with the strong rivals. And thus, the public colleges are really desired to be for such scholars who are away from the main stream and though they have the caliber to compete. For such aspect, the public colleges have a great contribution nowadays. In spite of the fact that private colleges are far ahead, they are still required for the nation building. Because the scholars produced from most of the private colleges are found going abroad for the further studies and even employment. Though public colleges are producing maximum medium leveled manpower and they are highly dedicated in nation building.
Challenges
In the competitive context, public colleges are somehow far behind from the private colleges. In every sector private college students are ahead and they are grabbing every opportunity. Whether we talk about IOM or IOE, everywhere the students from private colleges are ahead. To compete in such circumstances, the public colleges have to come forth with various strategies such as competitive students, manpower, schooling atmosphere and so on. Complete English atmosphere is another challenge for the public colleges. Public awareness is burning aspect to be brought in them. Everyone runs after enabling the children for grabbing the opportunities available. That atmosphere should be created by the public colleges so that the students could be attracted towards such colleges. It is
obvious that the colleges cannot provide quality education in such less amount nor can hire highly qualified teachers. For the few years, the public colleges have been place for the political practices. It has really brought a great fall in the quality of the colleges. Therefore, the public colleges should be completely free from political interference and should be regarded as independent institution for the scholars. That really will bring a good atmosphere for good scholars and that surely will bring a drastic change in the status of the public colleges. So far as the fee structure is concerned, the government should strongly implement certain criteria so that those private colleges can be controlled and students may not find differences in those colleges. Even the funding from the government sector for these college is required so that the infrastructure would be strong and students would be automatically motivated towards these colleges.
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