The first two-day National Reading Conference has started from Saturday at Eulens School in Khumaltar, Lalitpur. The conference was inaugurated by Education, Science and Technology Minister Raghuji Pant.
The conference was organized in collaboration with Kathmandu University School of Education, Sikai Foundation, UNESCO, Eulens Foundation, Pabson and others. At
conference, reading culture is being discussed among experts and stakeholders in various sessions. In the inaugural session, Minister Pant mentioned that getting a formal degree and developing a constant reading habit are different things and he was of the opinion that reading habit helps in personal transformation.
'Ghee purifies food, bathing purifies the body,' he said, 'meditation purifies the mind and knowledge purifies the brain.' He said that knowledge is not acquired only through study.
Sociologist Chaitanya Mishra mentioned that education can only be justified if education, society and life move forward together. He said, 'Reading is also learning. Nothing is gained from studying by rote rote. Learning is effective only if it includes education, life and society.' He also suggested that
students should be taught by connecting them with life and society.
Medeni Lamichhane, the principal of Eulens School, said that the study culture will be conducted as a campaign. In the
conference, the Dean of Kathmandu University School of Education, Balchandra Luintel, expressed his opinion about the beginning of reading practice, its historical background, the nature of reading in the digital age and its future.
Kathmandu University neurosurgeon and professor Dr. Amit Thapa discussed the impact of mobile and digital media on learning and informed about the impact of these materials on the brain and psychology of children.
