{"id":428193,"date":"2026-04-15T11:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=428193"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:48:08","slug":"education-minister-pokharel-uk-ambassador-fenn-discuss-cooperation-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/04\/15\/428193.html","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister Pokharel, UK Ambassador Fenn discuss cooperation in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/RSS-Image2026-04-15at10.32.58AM1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/RSS-Image2026-04-15at10.32.58AM1.jpg 886w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/RSS-Image2026-04-15at10.32.58AM1-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/RSS-Image2026-04-15at10.32.58AM1-768x680.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 15, Kathmandu: <\/strong>Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sasmit Pokharel, held a courtesy meeting with the United Kingdom\u2019s Ambassador to Nepal, Rob Fenn, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, held at the ministry in Singha Durbar, focused on cooperation in Nepal\u2019s education and sports sectors. Discussions also covered the historic bilateral relations between Nepal and the UK, along with ongoing collaboration and mutual interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides discussed continuing support from the UK government in Nepal\u2019s education sector. They also exchanged views on potential cooperation for the autism schools the Government of Nepal plans to operate across all seven provinces, as well as on strengthening teachers\u2019 professional capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Pokharel, who also serves as the government spokesperson, expressed expectation of continued UK support in reforming the education sector and enhancing teachers\u2019 capacity. He also conveyed confidence in cooperation for resource and human resource development for autism schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Fenn reaffirmed the UK government\u2019s willingness to continue its longstanding cooperation in Nepal\u2019s education, sports, and other sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting also reached an understanding to further deepen bilateral ties and explore collaboration in teacher capacity development and the potential of transnational education in Nepal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, Kathmandu: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sasmit Pokharel, held a courtesy meeting with the United Kingdom\u2019s Ambassador to Nepal, Rob Fenn, on Wednesday. The meeting, held at the ministry in Singha Durbar, focused on cooperation in Nepal\u2019s education and sports sectors. Discussions also covered the historic bilateral relations between Nepal and the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":428194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-428193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428196,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428193\/revisions\/428196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428193"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=428193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}