Minister for Education Dina Nath Sharma has said that education sector should be kept free from politics for educational reform in the country.

He said problems in the education sector were seen, as the issues of responsibilities were forgotten and the issues relating to rights were talked about too much.

The teacher-turned politician, Sharma said this at an interaction organized in the District Education Office on Friday.

Minister Sharma urged the teachers to give priority to their duties as the government was committed to resolving their problems.

Sharma urged the teachers not to engage in politics in the sector of educational development, adding that the forum for politics was separate.

Minister Sharma further said that the government was planning to bring new education system to address the existing problems of the sector, adding that country´s education sector was in a crisis due to lack of appropriate policies in the past.

Minister Sharma said the present education system was based on the education policy of 2028 BS as no new education policy was adopted after the restoration of democracy in 2046 BS.

Sharma said the Education Act would be amended in a bid to give permanent status to temporary teachers with due process and to recruit new teachers through open competition to address the problems of the sector gradually.

He said the new Act has envisioned giving permanent status and total facilities with due respect to temporary teachers as they have been suffering for a long period.

Minister Sharma said the Ministry of Law has agreed to the Education Act and the Ministry of Education was engaged in dialogues with the Ministry of Finance, and added that the Act would be implemented at the earliest.