The Education and Health Committee of the Parliament will discuss the demand of Chapagai in the meeting and take suggestions
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After the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Vidya Bhattarai promised to fulfill the demand, the student leader Netra Chapagai, who has been standing and protesting at Maitighar for 9 days, has suspended the sit-in from noon on Monday. Along with Bhattarai, Chairman of the Education and Health Committee of Parliament, Ammar Bahadur Thapa reached the protest site Maitighar and assured to fulfill the demand.
Chapagai was invited to the committee meeting and he agreed to break the sit-in after promising to discuss the demand and take suggestions. Education Minister Bhattarai said that the demands put forward by Chapagai are also on the agenda of education. He said that he is trying to fulfill some of the demands put forward by him. The ministry accepts your demand. Let's reach a conclusion through discussion and dialogue," she said. Bhattarai has sent the ministry to Chapagai for discussion. He said that since the implementation blueprint of the compulsory and free law has been moved and the school education law is in the process of being passed, most of the demands will be met during the implementation phase of these two laws.
Committee Chairman Thapa said that the School Education Act will be passed in the upcoming parliament session. "When the law is made, it should be made in such a way that it will be implemented, we will bring the school education law so that resources are also ensured," he said. He said that Chapagai will be contacted for suggestions after the meeting of the committee. Samajwadi Student Union President Chapagain Dainik was sitting on a dharna while standing on the street box of Maitighar demanding reform of public education. He started standing with the help of Baisakhi for two days after his health condition deteriorated . He stood in the capitals of all the seven provinces for 2/2 days and staged a sit-in for 14 days. He had started standing in Maitighar since the 1st.
His main demand is that the Education Act should be promulgated as soon as possible according to the recommendations of the Higher Education Commission report 2075. Among the 15 points, most of Chapagai's demands are focused on improving community schools. Last May also, he stood in Maitighar and protested for two weeks . The sit-in ended after an agreement was reached with the then Education Minister Sumana Shrestha. He said that after the Ministry of Education did not show readiness to implement the agreement for 6 months, he had to stand up and sit on a dharna to press again.
Early childhood development (ECD) education should be brought into the school structure, the annual scholarship amount of 400 rupees given to students should be increased, free electricity and water should be provided to community schools up to 100 units, administrative expenses should be increased by the schools, free education should be provided, teachers should be in party organizations. He put forward demands such as not being allowed to join, residential schools should be run in hilly districts, the monthly allowance of community school principals should be increased, and if there is a lack of budget for education reform, an educational reform fund should be created. are .
