Kathmandu, May 30 -- Despite a slight increment compared to the current fiscal year, the budget allocated for fiscal year 2019/20 in the education sector is nowhere close to Nepal Communist Party's commitment made in its election manifesto and government's reiterated global pledge to allocated 20 percent in the sector.

The budget presented for the upcoming fiscal year shows the government hasn't taken its constitutional liability to ensure free school education to every child seriously.

Of the Rs 1.53 trillion national budget, Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada allocated Rs 163.76 billion for the pre-primary to the university level education for all three tiers of government. It is around 10.68 percent of the national budget which is sl...