Kathmandu, The Kathmandu Post, Dec. 1, 2006
Kathmandu, Dec 1 (PR) – The Association of Political Science Students (APSS) had decided to launch an awareness campaign on soon-to-be held constituent assembly (CA) elections in 35 different districts in the country.Talking to The Kathmandu Post, Rajendra Prasai, president of APSS, said teams comprising two trained APSS members and one concerned expert would reach different districts and provide training to campus-level student leaders on CA election. Prasai said, “The members who are given training in the first phase will be mobilized for informing local people in their respective areas on CA election.” For program report, contact us.
Enforce interim constitution: Experts
Kathmandu, The Himalayan Times, Sep. 26, 2006
Experts on Tuesday urged both the Maoists and the Seven Party
Alliance (SPA) to immediately initiate means to enforce interim constitution in the country. Speaking at a national workshop organized by Association of Political Science Students
(APSS) in the capital, they said the enforcement of the constitution would help avoid legal confusion pervading the country. The interim constitution should be given final shape at the earliest considering it as a law to manage the transition period, said Laxman
Prasad Aryal, coordinator of Interim Constitution Drafting Committee. He also said the country is currently mired in legal confusion due to lack of an interim constitution being in place. Aryal also said the issue of arms management would be automatically solved once the interim constitution is enforced and the Maoists are included in the interim government. There could be no harm to any party if the weapons are mobilized as per the law of the land. The issue of arms management will be solved once the Maoists are brought under the law, he said. Legal expert Radheshyam Adhikari said the interim constitution was entangled in four major contentious issues including the management of arms. It seems that the SPA are engaged with their vested political interests rather than addressing the issue of arms management, said Adhikari.
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Keep politics away from academia: Educationists
Kathmandu, The Kathmandu Post, Jan 25, 2006 - With the government making preparation to make the king the chancellor of all the universities, eminent educationists here on Saturday argued that it would but introduce politics in academics.
Educationist Dr Thirtha Raj Khania, also a professor at Tribhuwan University (TU), said that the king should not be made the chancellor of all universities in Nepal.
"It will break the tradition which is in practice since the government adopted the policy of introducing new universities after the restoration of democracy in 1990," he said.
"Designating a chancellor is not designating a section officer whom the government can transfer to any place at any time," he added.
Speaking at a one-day workshop on "Quality Education: Professional and Moral Education" organized by the Association of Political Science students (APSS) here, former chancellor of TU, Mahesh Kumar Upadhaya, also said that any attempt to politicize academia must be opposed.
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