KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 29
The government and the Joint Protest Mobilization Committee of relief teachers have reached an agreement.
The agreement was signed after a dialogue with Kamala Tuladhar, Chairperson of the Nepal Teachers' Federation, and Khemraj Adhikari, Chairperson of the Nepal Relief Teachers Central Committee, among others, at Singha Durbar on Friday.
The signing of the agreement took place in the presence of Ashok Kumar Rai, the Minister for Education, Science, and Technology.
Following the consensus, the agitating teachers ended their struggle. Both sides agreed to propose amendments to the School Education Bill registered in the House of Representatives. Among the agreed-upon provisions to be included in the amendment are: Removing the age limit for relief teachers taking examinations for permanent status; Arranging for a hundred percent internal competition; Including a hundred percent addition of service period.
Additionally, an agreement was reached to establish an internal competition for higher secondary teachers and provide vacancies for early child development teachers.
It should be noted that the protest committee had continued its street-based demonstrations with reservations about the agreement made with the Federation on September 22.
In the agreement, it was stipulated that 75 percent of relief teachers would be allowed to participate in internal competition, in contrast to the education bill registered in the parliament, which had proposed the participation of only 50 percent of relief teachers in internal competition.
