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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called the representatives of the Nepal Teachers' Federation, which has been protesting for 17 days, for a discussion.
The Prime Minister's Secretariat informed that a discussion was held at the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar, at 7 pm on Friday. The officials of the Teachers' Federation and the Movement Mobilization Committee, who have been protesting on the street throughout the day, have joined the meeting. Nanumaya Parajuli, the coordinator of the movement mobilization committee, said that a meeting was held to review the movement and decide more strategies. The officials of the Teachers' Federation said that the meeting will also decide how to present the meeting called by the Prime Minister.
General Secretary of the Federation Tula Bahadur Thapa said that the discussion was called from the Prime Minister's Office at 7 pm. "Let's go to the discussion, first we ask to meet the demands of the teachers according to the agreement made by the government," he said.
The teachers' federation, which has been agitating since March 20, demanding the release of the Education Act, refused to sit in the talks called by the Ministry of Education. After discussing with Education Minister Vidya Bhattarai, they submitted a 24-point attention letter.
Director General of Education Development and Human Resource Development Center Krishna Prasad Kapri also had a dialogue last week, but there has not been a formal dialogue between the government side and the protesting teachers.
This time the teachers have been putting forward the demand that the Education Act should be issued according to prior agreement rather than dialogue.
