Nepal: Performance of teachers continues in support of the school education bill

Kathmandu, April 20 (IANS). The Nepal Teachers Association performed in Kathmandu on Sunday. They demand approval from the school education bill. Nepal Prime Minister KP Even after the recent assurance of Sharma Oli and Pratinidhi Sabha President Devraj Ghimire, the Teachers’ Association decided to continue his protest. According to a report from the leading Nepali Daily ‘Kathmandu post’, the Nepal government agreed to consider the demands of the recent teachers. On this issue, the government also mentioned the parliamentary session on April 25, in which the school education bill can be approved. Prime Minister Oli met the leaders of the Nepali Teacher Confederation (CNT) on Friday to resolve the continued teacher movement in Kathmandu. He called on the teacher leaders to end the excitement and the assurance that the government would try its best to meet their demands. A person involved in the meeting said that Prime Minister Oli said: “The parliamentary session was called before the schedule to discuss the bill. But I cannot say when it will succeed, because it is decided by Parliament.” On Friday night, Speaker Ghimire also met the teachers and assured that they were ready to keep the bill early in Parliament. Nanu Maya Parjuli, co -chair of the federation and convener of Sangharsh Samiti, said: “The speaker told us that the bill is ready to vote for the next day after appearing in parliament.” Parjuli said: “The atmosphere of meetings of the Prime Minister and the speaker was good, but we decided to continue symbolic opposition on Sunday. We will sit on Sunday and decide what we will do next.” On Saturday afternoon, thousands of teachers continued their excitement as before and decided that they would also protest a few hours on Sunday. Parajuli said: “Our opposition is not against the government, we just make our demands for the new law.” In addition, the teachers claimed that the authorities gave false information to the prime minister and the ministers, thereby delaying their demands. An official of the federation said: “Officials have given false information that it will take 200 billion rupees to meet our claims, while the truth is that its costs will not exceed 13 billion rupees if everyone works honestly. According to reports, the entry campaign has been affected across the country because of the protests and Dharna of teachers operating in Maitihar-Nay Baneshwar area in Kathmandu since April 2. The teachers ignored the government’s order to begin the nomination for the new educational year, which begins in Nepal on April 15. Earlier this week, the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal expressed the deep concern about the continued protest march and called on all parties to resolve the matter through negotiations. -Ians shk/mk