The student organizations including Navy Sangh, Aneraswaviyu, Akhil Krantikari issued a joint statement on Friday and drew the attention of the government to promulgate the Student Friendly Act.
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16 student organizations have demanded to appoint 100% teachers in public schools through open competition. While the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has agreed to keep the provision of 60% internal and 40% open teachers in the school education bill, the ruling and opposition party student organizations have put forward the demand that teachers should be appointed only through open competition.
The student organizations including Navy Sangh, Aneraswaviyu, Akhil Krantikari issued a joint statement on Friday and drew the attention of the government to promulgate the Student Friendly Act. They demand that the school education bill should be finalized only after discussion with the student organization. As the school education bill is a matter of direct concern and interest of the students, the government, the subject parliamentary committee and the relevant bodies are jointly requested to advance the bill only through all-sided dialogue, negotiation and discussion with the mandatory participation of the joint student organization. The student organization makes a strong demand," the statement said. They have also urged the government and stakeholders to finalize the
bill without delay. Although the government has repeatedly promised to issue the School Education Act, the students' organization has alleged that it has neglected the issues of the students and the bill. According to the constitution, every citizen should be able to get education up to the secondary level completely free of charge.
The National Private and Residential School Association (NPABSON) has put forward a demand to ensure that private schools are run on a company model in the School Education Bill. NPABSON Chairman Subas Neupane requested to clearly mention in the Act that the schools run under the Companies Act cannot become non-profit according to the nature and purpose of the Companies Act. He also demanded to remove the system of 15% full scholarship, which was "tried to be imposed on private schools in a random manner", and to arrange a fair scholarship.
