Agitating teachers continue protests; PM vows to promulgate School Education Bill soon

Kathmandu / April 11: Teachers across the country have continued to demonstrate in Kathmandu for the tenth consecutive day on Friday.

Teachers have been protesting at Maitighar from 11:00am to 4:00pm since April 2. The government has twice invited the Teachers’ Confederation to engage in negotiations, but they have refused.In an attempt to come to an agreement, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology invited representatives of the teachers who were protesting to consult on April 3 and 4.

The government is preparing to implement the earlier agreement by enacting the School Education Act. A subcommittee is debating the bill because the parliament is currently closed.The confederation has been asserting that the government is not prepared to carry out the agreement because Parliament did not discuss the bill and the session ended while the teachers were still demonstrating.

The confederation has been implementing various protest strategies on a daily basis.

School Education Bill soon: PM Oli

Rupandehi / April 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said teachers should not continue their agitation because the government was ready to introduce the School Education Act as soon as possible.

Addressing a public awareness meeting organized by the Rupandehi District Committee of the Ruling CPN UML in Butwal today, PM Oli, also the Chairman of the party, said that the government pays heed to the problems and voices of all sectors, therefore there is no point in staging protest on streets.

“There are problems, but street agitation is the alternative to solution at all,” he reminded, informing the teachers that the new Education Act would come soon, end the anomalies facing school education and teachers. Teachers should consider not only about their problems but also the interest of the nation, the PM argued.

Referring to the resignation tendered by the Vice-Chancellor of Tribhuvan University which the PM approved, he clarified that there was no truth in the propaganda that he had a confrontation with the Vice-Chancellor.