The meeting of the Council of Ministers has made a decision to celebrate Ashoj 2 as the National Education Day. 

While making public the decision of the Council of Ministers, Rekha Sharma, Minister for Communication and Information Technology said that it has been decided to celebrate the National Education Day every year on Ashoj 2. It was proposed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. 

She said that it has been decided to approve concessional loan assistance of 120 million dollars from World Bank for the transformation of the education sector. It was proposed by the Ministry of Finance.