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Most of the children across the country were deprived of education on Friday due to the educational strike called by the All-Revolutionaries, who are close to the CPN majority.
The revolutionaries demanded the issuance of the School Education Act and closed down the educational institutions. Because of this, about 7 million children of 34 thousand public and private schools were deprived of education.
Showing the reason for the educational strike, some schools had informed the students and parents that the classrooms would be closed the previous day, while in some schools, the students had to return home. Some schools, including Kathmandu Valley, conducted classes in defiance of the strike saying that children should not be deprived of their right to study. In some places, the principals complained that the workers of Akhil Kawaraki stopped the school bus from carrying students and pressured them not to conduct the teaching.
Along with the Education Act, education up to the secondary level should be free and the state should also take responsibility for private schools. Mim Aidy, the coordinator of the revolutionaries, said that the academic strike was organized with the aim of putting pressure on the fulfillment of the said demand. The constitution says that education up to secondary level is compulsory and free. But the state itself has set up a company and operated education as a business. The state should take charge of education by returning the investment of the private sector," said the statement issued by the revolutionaries.
The Central Committee of Nepal Relief Teachers also supported the strike by expressing solidarity with the demand for the release of the Student Organization Education Act. Around 40,000 relief teachers affiliated committees also supported the strike, and most of the public schools' classes were affected. As the school education bill is being delayed by the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, various student organizations have been organizing pressure programs.
Children's Peace Sector National Campaign has objected to the educational strike. According to the campaign, closing the school under any pretext is contrary to the principle and law that schools and children are a peaceful zone. Schools should not be closed in the name of addressing any other demands related to education. The legitimate demands raised by the teachers and students should be fulfilled within the existing legal system and the available resources of the government and according to the agreements reached with various union organizations in various contexts. But depriving them of the right to study in school and closing schools in the name of meeting the demand is a direct violation of children's rights," the press note issued by the campaign said.
