Kathmandu, May 01
The Nepal Teachers’ Federation has called off their protest after they reached a consensus with the government of the country on a nine-point deal.
Following marathon meetings over three days with the teachers’ federation, Nepal’s education minister-led government panel on Wednesday decided to implement nine demands presented by the federation, local media reported.
Along with that, the ruling Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) parliamentary parties, as well as the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, have committed to endorsing the School Education Bill by June 29, the leading Nepali newspaper, The Kathmandu Post, reported.
“We have decided to suspend the educational strike from today (Wednesday) following the Cabinet’s decision to implement our demands and commitment from the major parties as well as the chair of the education committee to get the bill endorsed by June 29,” said federation chair Laxmi Kishor Subedi at a press meet.
“We urge all the teachers to start student enrollment campaigns and resume pending examinations immediately,” said Subedi.
The teacher’s demonstrations and sit-ins in the Maitighar-Naya Baneshwor area of Kathmandu since April 2 have severely disrupted the national enrollment drive, delayed key academic tasks, such as evaluating answer sheets from the recently held Secondary Education Examination (SEE), and postponement of grade 12 examination till May 4.
IANS
