KATHMANDU, APRIL 21

Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bidya Bhattarai, has resigned from her position. According to her press coordinator, Ramji Lamsal, Minister Bhattarai submitted her resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

It is noteworthy that community school teachers have been staging protests in Kathmandu for the past few weeks, demanding the enactment of the School Education Act.

She was appointed Minister for Education on July 15, 2023.

Bhattarai was elected as a federal lawmaker through direct election from Kaski Constituency-2. Before becoming Minister, she was an active member of the Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives.

Bhattarai was first elected to Parliament in the 2019 by-election from Kaski, and was re-elected from the same constituency in the 2022 general elections.