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Hans India
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Nepal Supreme Court directs govt to address legitimate demands of protesting teachers
Kathmandu: The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued an interim order asking the government to address the legitimate demands of the protesting teachers and ensure that the teachers return to classrooms within three days. The order stated that the ongoing teachers' protests in the country have violated the student's right to education, and it would continue if the court didn't intervene, local media reported. 'With regard to addressing the legitimate and constitutionally justified demands of the protesting teachers, the defendants [the prime minister's office and other government agencies] are hereby directed to take appropriate and necessary decisions, and to ensure, within three days from the date of receipt of this order, that the protesting teachers return to their schools and that an environment conducive to regular teaching and learning is restored,' reads the order by a single bench of Justice Nahakul Subedi. 'The future of millions of students has been pushed into uncertainty due to the protest. The right to education for children is a fundamental human right, and it is the state's responsibility to ensure it,' the order stated. Additionally, the court has directed that the results of the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) be published on time and that the Grade XII Board exams be conducted as scheduled, according to local media reports. Meanwhile, several local units in Nepal have also directed the protesting teachers to take up their duties. 'While study has already commenced in the private schools, the community schools remain shut. This is against children's right to study. All the teachers are directed to resume their jobs,' Budhanilkatha Municipality said in a statement. Additionally, the Mandandeupur Municipality of Kavre has also issued a similar directive to the teachers. 'The municipality firmly believes that children's education should not be disrupted under any circumstances,' said the municipality in a statement. Both the local units have urged the government to address the legitimate concerns of the agitating teachers, Nepal's leading newspaper, The Kathmandu Post, reported. Despite the order passed by the Supreme Court and with directives from many local units, the teachers stated that they would not withdraw the protest until the passage of the School Education Bill. 'What is the court's position in ensuring justice to us? We want a long-term solution to the problem. The protest will not cease without the Act. However, we will come to a formal decision only after studying the court order and consulting with our friends,' said Nanu Maya Parajuli, co-chair of the federation. Recently, Nepal's grade 12 examination, scheduled to commence on Thursday, was postponed until May 4 as government school teachers continued with their protest and boycotted the examination process. Earlier this week Nepal's Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai also resigned following the differences she had with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel over protesting teachers' demands on perks and benefits, as per local media reports. The teacher's demonstrations and sit-ins in the Maitighar-Naya Baneshwor area of Kathmandu since April 2 have severely disrupted the national enrollment drive and delayed key academic tasks, such as evaluating answer sheets from the recently held Secondary Education Examination (SEE).
Hans India
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Nepal's education minister resigns amid growing rift with PM Oli, pending teachers' demand
Nepal's Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai resigned following the differences she has with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel over protesting teachers' demands on perks and benefits. Her decision came amid growing political differences with the Prime Minister and Finance Minister as thousands of government school teachers continued with their protest in Kathmandu, demanding passage of the School Education Bill, according to local media reports. Meanwhile, Laxmi Kishor Subedi, chairman of the Confederation of Nepalese Teachers (CNT), took to social media and said that their agitation will continue on Tuesday. "Our agitation will continue," said Subedi. According to media reports earlier on Monday, Bhattarai held a meeting with Prime Minister Oli. She submitted her resignation to the Prime Minister during the meeting, as confirmed by the education ministry. "She is unhappy with both Prime Minister Oli and Finance Minister Paudel, but efforts are on to convince her to rethink her resignation. The Prime Minister will talk to her," the leading Nepali newspaper, The Kathmandu Post, reported, quoting a minister as saying. The report quoted two sources close to the Education Minister, stating that PM Oli and Bhattarai had big differences over addressing the demands of the agitating teachers since teachers hit the streets. "Finance Minister Paudel also did not cooperate in fulfilling some of the teachers' demands. Bhattarai mentioned 'health issues' as the reason for her resignation to the Prime Minister. Yes, she had been unwell sometime back, but now she has fully recovered," said the source. "If the government addresses teachers' demands related to salary and other perks and benefits, thousands of civil servants who are ready to hit the streets will ask for similar benefits. So both the Prime Minister and Finance Minister did not agree to address all the demands of the teachers, which made her resign," said an official familiar with the talks between Oli, Paudel, and Bhattarai. The differences became prominent when the outgoing education minister Bhattarai, was absent during Prime Minister Oli's meeting with office-bearers of the CNT on Friday to explore solutions to the ongoing teachers' agitation centered in Kathmandu. The teacher's demonstrations and sit-ins in the Maitighar-Naya Baneshwor area of Kathmandu since April 2 have severely disrupted the national enrollment drive and delayed key academic tasks, such as evaluating answer sheets from the recently held Secondary Education Examination (SEE). The teachers defied the government's instruction to begin student enrollment for the new academic year in Nepal, which started on April 15.
