According to the president of the federation, Laxmikishore Subedi, the first phase of the agitation will begin on August 11.
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The Nepal Teachers' Federation has announced a protest against the school education bill. The federation announced the protest on Friday saying that a bill should be brought to solve the problems in the education sector as per the previous agreement.
According to Laxmikishore Subedi, president of the
federation, the first phase of the agitation will begin on August 11. It is said that the federation is dissatisfied with more than a dozen provisions in the bill.
The first demand is that 75 percent of temporary teachers should be made permanent from internal sources. In the bill, there is a provision to make 60% of temporary teachers permanent through internal competition with relief. According to the prior agreement with the government, the federation has taken the stand that 75 percent of internal and 25 percent of permanent should be done through open method. Provision has been made in the bill to leave teachers who fail in internal competition with financial benefits.
The federation has demanded a clear statement of the amount given under the handshake. Another demand is that permanent teachers should be promoted periodically. The bill stipulates that teacher promotion will be done through internal competition, seniority, performance evaluation and efficiency evaluation. A provision has been made to obtain at least 80 marks in performance for promotion. It is demanded that the temporary service period should be counted while the
is permanent. The teachers have expressed their displeasure over the local level being given the authority to take departmental action. A demand has also been made to ensure the position and service facilities of school staff and Child Development Center (ECD) colleagues. The bill stipulates that the remuneration of employees and ECD teachers shall be as prescribed by the local level but shall not be less than that prescribed by the Labor Act.
These are the teachers' federation's dissatisfaction with the school education bill
75 percent of temporary teachers should be made permanent from within
The amount given under the handshake should be fixed
Permanent teachers should be promoted periodically
The temporary service period should be calculated when permanent The trade union rights of the principals should be ensured
Another major demand of the federation is to ensure the service facilities of private school teachers. The Federation has stated that the provision of transferring teacher posts to the local level as provided by the constitution is unacceptable. Teachers have been trying to stay under the local level. In addition, objections have been raised about the provision that even the members of the Federation cannot sit by making special arrangements for the principal.
Education council should be arranged, and the federation should be represented in the national examination board. It has been reminded that these issues have been agreed with the government in 2075, 2078, 2080 and 2081/082 and should be mentioned in the bill accordingly.
The bill has reached the stage of being presented to the House of Representatives after being passed with a report after a quarterly discussion in the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the Parliament. Subedi, the president of the federation, said that although some demands were included in the bill, the main concerns of teachers and employees and many issues that were included in the past agreements were not addressed. He clarified that if the bill is passed as decided by the committee, there is no option but to protest. In the first phase of the
movement program, there is a plan to inform the local level, political parties, education minister and the prime minister about the demand and draw their attention. Even after that, if the demand is not met, it has been prepared to start a prohibitive decisive movement from 21st August.
Earlier, there was an educational strike centered on Kathmandu from March 15 to 29. Likewise, private school administrators have also started street demonstrations from Thursday, expressing dissatisfaction with the provision of making private schools non-profitable and providing full scholarships to 10 to 15 percent of students. On Friday, vehicles belonging to private schools protested on Kathmandu's ring road.
