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Nepal Maoists to be given degrees: Bhattarai
PTI | Kathmandu
Nepal Maoist combatants, who were involved in a decade-long insurgency in the country, are set to be rewarded with academic degrees by the ultra left Government in ‘recognition’ of their ‘skills’ and sacrifice. Nepal's Finance Minister Bhattarai said on Thursday that preparations are underway to distribute academic certificates to the individuals who could not pursue their education due to their involvement in the civil war.
“Our friends abandoned study and got involved in the revolution (armed conflict). Whatever skill and knowledge they earned, they must receive recognition,” he said. Bhattarai, the second in command of the CPN (Maoist) party which leads the coalition Government in Nepal, said the people ‘who could not receive formal education due to financial problem and other reasons but possess sufficient skill and knowledge’ must also be provided with degree.
“We are of the opinion that their skill and knowledge must be changed into academic degree and distributed through an open university,” he added.
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