Due to the lack of implementation of the agreements made when Oli was Prime Minister in 2075, Deuba in 2078 and Dahal in 2080, the teachers distrust the political leadership.
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Even after the commitment of the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to take the initiative to pass the school education bill by the parliament, the teachers have continued the agitation. They have stated that since the agreements made many times in the past have not been implemented, this year we cannot rely on the Prime Minister's commitment alone.
The Federation of Teachers, which discussed with Prime Minister Oli on Friday night, held a review meeting of the national committee, presidents of affiliated organizations, general secretaries, provincial movement mobilization committee coordinators, co-coordinators and secretaries and district movement mobilization committee coordinators at Ratna Rajya Mavi Baneshwar the next day. Federation president Laxmikishore Subedi informed that the meeting decided to make the movement more powerful and effective from Sunday. "It was decided to continue the movement after the government did not provide a credible basis for the demand to be addressed," he said.
Prime Minister and Education Minister agreed on 30 points in 2075, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Education Minister Girirajmani Pokharel
The teachers' federation is adamant that they will continue the protest until the school education bill is passed. The government has not implemented the previously agreed upon agreement. Therefore, this time we are planning to return from the agitation only with the School Education Act rather than agreement and agreement," said Federation President Subedi.
The protesting teachers are raising the demand that the 30 points agreed by the government in 2075, 51 points in 2078 and 6 points in 2080 should be implemented. When the agreement was reached in 2075, UML President Oli was the Prime Minister and Maoist leader Girirajmani Pokharel was the Minister of Education. In 2078, Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba was the prime minister and Maoist leader Devendra Paudel was the education minister. In 2080, the Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was the prime minister and Jaspa leader Ashok Rai was the education minister.
At that time, the Ministry of Education agreed to maintain the dignity of teachers, 75 percent of them would be permanent from internal competition, manage relief, ECD teachers and school staff, and transfer of teachers with the consent of the Management Committee.
Similarly, it was agreed that only parents will be in the school management committee, performance evaluation will be done by the principal and the school management committee, the age of entry into service will be set at 40 years, the minimum wage will be set and it will be linked to the social security fund, and the record of private school teachers will be kept in the government agency. The government promised to arrange periodical promotion in 10 years, to arrange free secondary education, to arrange a constitutional National Education Commission and Teachers Service Commission, to provide civil service facilities and salaries to teachers.
Nanumaya Parajuli, the co-chairman of the federation and the coordinator of the movement mobilization committee, said that Oli, Deuba and Dahal should have a collective commitment to implement the previous agreements. "Why can't they hold a discussion on the teachers' movement and commit to the implementation of the agreement they made in the past?" she asked. According to Parajuli, the movement can take a different form if there is a collective commitment of the three leaders to pass the Education Act as agreed.
The officials of the Ministry of Education have started to refrain from responding, saying that the demands of the teachers are related to the political leadership. Yesterday, the political leadership agreed on the activism. A joint secretary of the Ministry of Education said, "Even when public education is at a standstill, there is no concrete initiative to stop the movement from the political leadership." The decision and commitment to issue the Education Act as per the demands of the Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Education have not convinced the teachers.
Educationist Tika Bhattarai said that in the past, both the government side and the teachers had forced an agreement on the demand that could/could not be fulfilled, and now both sides are in trouble. "Both those who agree and those who agree know how many demands can be met and how many demands cannot be met," he said, "due to the political leadership that cannot speak against the teachers and cannot even meet the demands, a solution to the teachers' movement has not been found."
Bhattarai said that the government has not been able to clarify its 'bottom line' regarding the demand of teachers. The subject of teachers is no longer only for the Prime Minister, it is a matter for the entire state. He said, "Prime Minister, Minister of Education and political parties should sit together and take teachers into confidence." Now that there is a lack of trust on both sides, the government and teachers should be able to find a solution by forming a mediator group.
Baburam Thapa, the founding president of the teachers' federation, said that the protest was prolonged due to the drought of trust due to the government's tendency to agree but hesitate in implementation. Congress, UML and Maoist governments agreed with the teachers. Some small demands have been fulfilled but the main demands have not been fulfilled, he said, "Teachers have not been able to believe since the previous agreement was not implemented by the state."
Thapa claimed that the teachers' movement will be suspended within 1/2 day if there is a collective commitment from the Prime Minister, the Speaker, the main parties in power and the opposition. The government should be able to provide the modality of the demands to be addressed by the Act, to be fulfilled by the budget and the decision of the Council of Ministers. It helps to create an environment of trust," he said, "after that, teachers will also be forced to be serious about admissions, exams, teaching and results publication."
Due to the teachers' movement, the process of enrolling students and starting classes for the new academic session has been affected. The class 12 exam to be held from 11 Baisakh has become a confusion. There is a delay in the publication of results as the examination of SEE answer sheets has not yet started.
