Maoist Centre calls for issuing School Education Act based on consensus with teachers

Kathmandu, April 7: The CPN (Maoist Centre) has urged the government to immediately issue the School Education Act based on the agreement reached with the Nepal Teachers’ Federation in the past.

Issuing a press release today, CPN (Maoist Centre) Vice Chair and Spokesperson Agni Prasad Sapkota urged the government to create an environment by issuing the Act through a special session of parliament or other means so as to facilitating the agitating teachers to fulfill their teaching responsibilities.

Pointing out that qualitative reforms in the education sector are the need of the hour, the Maoist Centre has said that the job security of teachers working at the school level for long is an essential condition by creating a motivational environment for them.

Although the constitution guarantees the right of the common man to receive education, the educational sector cannot be restructured in accordance with the spirit of federalism until necessary legal and policy framework is put in place.

The CPN (Maoist Centre) has drawn the attention of the government to issue the Acts related to the civil service, education, health and police and to emphasize on their implementation.

Stating that the government led by the CPN (Maoist Centre) had formulated the School Education Bill and registered it in the parliament amid various difficulties, the Maoist Centre has accused the government of playing with the profession and future of teachers and students by not passing the Bill as soon as possible.

Spokesperson Sapkota said, “It is contradictory to ignore the legitimate demands of the agitating teachers for 10 months after the formation of the government and to argue that the bill will be passed in the budget session after the teachers’ agitation intensified.”

Expressing solidarity with the demands of the teachers, the Maoist Centre has called upon the general public to stand by the teachers.