The other events that took place in the background of the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor Baral, citing the non-cooperation and interference of the Prime Minister and Chancellor Oli, were increasing the distance between the Minister of Education and the Prime Minister.
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Education, Science and Technology Minister Bidya Bhattarai has resigned on Monday afternoon in the background of the ongoing teachers' movement in Kathmandu for 20 days and the weekly discussion on the school education bill in the parliamentary committee. The Prime Minister had been 'bypassing' Education Minister Bhattarai in the talks and discussions to end the agitation by solving the problems of the teachers. Education Minister Bhattarai was not present at the discussion between the representatives of the teachers' movement and the Prime Minister in Baluwatar on Friday evening.
The coldness between the Minister of Education and the Prime Minister had already started in previous incidents. In the Education, Health Committee of the Parliament, the complicated clauses of the School Education Bill are not being resolved . With the resignation of the education minister, this process is sure to become more complicated.
The complaint that there was no coordination between the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education from the beginning, the top officials of the Ministry of Education used to voice their complaints in informal discussions .
Tribhuvan University Vice Chancellor Kesharjung Baral submitted his resignation on March 15. Education Minister Bhattarai was of the opinion that her resignation should be withdrawn. But the Prime Minister had a different opinion on this . The Prime Minister accepted Vice Chancellor Baral's resignation two weeks later. Even after accepting the resignation, the Prime Minister, who is the Chancellor, immediately He did not assign the responsibility of the acting vice-chancellor. It took another 5 days for this. Baral resigned from the post saying that there was non-cooperation and interference of the Prime Minister and Chancellor Oli, and other developments were increasing the distance between the Minister of Education and the Prime Minister.
Kathmandu University Education Minister Bhattarai also disagreed with the appointment of Vice-Chancellor. He also did not sit in the recommendation committee for the appointment of the vice-chancellor. Although the report on land embezzlement of the University has been submitted to Prime Minister Oli, the Prime Minister has not made it public. Nor did further research work based on this report proceed . Education Minister Bhattarai was also dissatisfied with this issue.
Ever since he was appointed, Oli has been accused of being uncooperative and recently interfering in the autonomy of the university. As long as the situation continued, she had publicly appealed to the Home Minister demanding that the university officials be protected.
