The Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB) has failed to hold the Education Assembly, a committee to endorse its yearly budget and policies, for last two years.
The Assembly was last conducted by the Board on June 30, 2012 to endorse the programme for the fiscal year 2012/2013.
The HSEB Act 1989 makes it mandatory for holding the meeting at least once a year since the Assembly is the only authorised body for academic institutions like HSEB, Academy and University to plan and reform exisiting policies of a particular fiscal year.
However, without the annual meeting, the Board has been obligated to continue with the budget and policies that were endorsed two years ago. “We are working as per the rolling budget and policies that were endorsed by the Assembly in 2012,” said HSEB Spokesperson Narayan Koirala. He claimed that the Board could not hold the Assembly before the Constituent Assembly election since the Election Commission imposed a code of conduct in June last year and, moreover, the education minister who heads the Assembly refused to attend the meet after the election.
Koirala claimed that the Board can still pass on the rolling budget even if the Assembly is not held every year. Lawyers, on the other hand, say the there is no room for rolling budget and that it is illegal. “No academic institution has the authority to use budget without endorsing it from the Assembly,” said advocate Narayan Khanal.
The 22nd Assembly of the Board held two years ago had passed a budget of Rs 989.94 million for the fiscal year 2012-13.
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The Assembly was last conducted by the Board on June 30, 2012 to endorse the programme for the fiscal year 2012/2013.
The HSEB Act 1989 makes it mandatory for holding the meeting at least once a year since the Assembly is the only authorised body for academic institutions like HSEB, Academy and University to plan and reform exisiting policies of a particular fiscal year.
However, without the annual meeting, the Board has been obligated to continue with the budget and policies that were endorsed two years ago. “We are working as per the rolling budget and policies that were endorsed by the Assembly in 2012,” said HSEB Spokesperson Narayan Koirala. He claimed that the Board could not hold the Assembly before the Constituent Assembly election since the Election Commission imposed a code of conduct in June last year and, moreover, the education minister who heads the Assembly refused to attend the meet after the election.
Koirala claimed that the Board can still pass on the rolling budget even if the Assembly is not held every year. Lawyers, on the other hand, say the there is no room for rolling budget and that it is illegal. “No academic institution has the authority to use budget without endorsing it from the Assembly,” said advocate Narayan Khanal.
The 22nd Assembly of the Board held two years ago had passed a budget of Rs 989.94 million for the fiscal year 2012-13.
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