Nepal, Feb. 18 -- As political parties intensify their campaign efforts ahead of the March 5 House of Representatives (HoR) election, education has once again emerged as a key agenda in election manifestos.

With 68 political parties contesting across 165 constituencies, candidates are busy drafting promises-but private education leaders are urging them to move beyond rhetoric and commit to concrete reforms.

At a time when parties are pledging to prioritize education, the newly elected executive committee of the Higher Institutions and Secondary Schools' Association Nepal (HISSAN) has called for sweeping systemic reforms-from school to university level-and unveiled an ambitious plan to equip teachers with artificial intelligence (AI) sk...