Dissatisfied school teachers have signed a petition to the organizers
The science and technology exhibition inaugurated by the former President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Virtamod in Jhapa has been heavily promoted to the participating schools.
Since Saturday, the contestants of the science and technology exhibition organized by the CPN UML Science and Technology Department at Devi Mavi in Virtamod have been distinguished in the distribution of prizes. The organizers had widely publicized that the first, second, third and fourth place schools will be given cash prizes of four lakhs, three lakhs, two lakhs and one lakh respectively.
Likewise, it was also announced that the best 25 participating schools will be awarded talent incentives at the rate of 25,000. The program was inaugurated by the former president Bhandari with grandeur. The presence of the school in the
exhibition was encouraging. However, in the closing session of the exhibition, the organizers have bowed down to the schools present and there has been discrimination in award distribution. At the end of the
, only the first, second and third prizes were awarded. According to the announcement, the fourth prize of one lakh was not given.
25 schools were told to give talent incentive awards at the rate of 25,000, but only 9 schools were given . After being bowed like this, the teachers and students surrounded the organizer . Dissatisfied school teachers signed a petition to the organizers. Ghanshyam Upreti, a teacher of Phulbari Mavi Bahardashi-5, who participated in the
exhibition, said that it is objectionable that the organizers did not fulfill that commitment by doing some sort of propaganda. "The students had prepared various science projects at their own expense so that they would get at least an incentive award. However, the organizers did not give the prize as promised. The students are disappointed,' he said, 'We have written a collective petition on this matter and submitted it to the organizers.'
UML Science and Technology Department Head of Koshi Province Ganesh Pokharel said that initially it was estimated that 10 schools from one district would participate and then the prize was reduced. Some districts did not participate at all. From how many districts, only one participated,'' he said. However, not all of them came from the district. In the
exhibition, more than 60 schools from all over Koshi province displayed scientific experiment materials made by their students. In the
exhibition, Adarsh Mavi of Buddhashanti, Devi Mavi of Virtamod and Singhadevi Mavi of Tehrathum came first, second and third respectively.
