INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 18The employees of public schools across the country who had been on strike for the past two weeks have
decided to drop their protests from today onwards after the government agreed to form a talks team to address their demands.
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Earlier, the school employees had announced they would stall educational activities in all the public
schools from today onwards if their demand for hike in salary and other perks were not met.However, after the government formed a talks team
headed by the director general of the Education, Development and Human Resource Development Centre, the agitating staff dropped their
protest.
The Nepal School Employee Council, an organisation of public school employees, on June 7, had announced its
The protest was held after the government failed to address their key issues in the budget announcement, contrary to its promise made
earlier.School accountants, caretakers, peons or other non-academic employees who were supposed to be at work at the schools were on strike
Currently, the government pays Rs 8,000 to Rs 13,000 for school employees and ECD teachers per month
Some local governments have supported employees by providing an additional Rs 7,000.Saying that the amount was too little for them to
sustain their lives, they have been protesting for several years
Last year, they had announced they would not allow the operation of schools
However, they retreated from their stance at the last moment after the government agreed to increase their salaries and other perks."This
time we hope the government will be serious enough to address our demands
If our demands are not met now, we will be forced to continue our strike," read a joint-press release issued by three organisations.The
protest was being conducted by Nepal School Employee Union, Nepal Community School Union and Nepal School Employee Council.A version of this
article appears in the print on June 19, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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