PATAN, SEPTEMBER 25

Acting Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has expressed the government's full commitment towards the agreement reached with teachers discontented with the provisions of the School Education Bill.

Speaking at the outset of the Nepali Congress' ongoing central committee meeting today, he informed the meeting regarding the teachers' movement and the agreement reached with the government.

Acting PM Khadka said teachers' demands would be addressed by the government and the Parliament together within the Parliament's due process, dignity and tradition. Khadka, who is also the vice-president of the Nepali Congress, said, 'I have said that the demands which do not clash with the constitution and which are tenable to the country's economy can be addressed.'

According to him, talks with the agitating teachers were held under his leadership after the teachers initially refused to hold talks with the employees and with even the Education Minister later.

'We have addressed teachers' grievances and demands through talks. The government is fully committed to the agreement reached with teachers,' he reiterated.

A version of this article appears in the print on September 26, 2023, of The Himalayan Times