Kathmandu, January 4:

Putting forth their numerous demands, students at Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University, today padlocked the Kathmandu District Education Office and teachers’ personal record office at Tahachal. Issuing a press statement here today, the student leaders have said their three-month agitation seeking open competition for recruiting school teachers and mandatory provision of teaching licenses had been ignored. Other demands of the students include developing Faculty of Education as an academy for excellence, transformation of Education Service Commission into a constitutional body and priority for education graduates in the teaching profession, besides their seat in the task force formed by the Ministry of Education on Friday.

The move is supported by different units of All Nepal National Free Students’ Union, All Nepal National Independent Students’ Union-Revolutionary and Free Students’ Union at Mahendra Ratna Campus, Tahachal.