The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has urged teachers not to disrupt classes while advocating for their rights.

The local government of the federal capital has urged teachers of the schools not to close schools so as to ensure students' right to education.

It may be noted that at the call of Nepal Teachers' Federation, teachers from various schools in the country have gathered in the federal capital, protesting against the Education Bill that was presented in the Parliament recently.

Metropolis spokesperson Nabin Manandhar said teachers are urged to resume classes by tomorrow. "Students’ right to education shall not be violated by closing schools," he said.

The local government is learnt to have instructed the Education Department within it to monitor the situation and take action if the teachers are found closing the schools in the name of protest.

Hundreds of teachers associated with Nepal Teachers’ Association staged a protest in the Capital on Wednesday against the School Education Bill.

The Bill proposes the local units to have authority to transfer and evaluate teachers and the Federation wants this authority to remain within the federal government. 

The Federation has been advocating for permanency of teachers appointed on the temporary basis, creation of sufficient quota for school employees, addressing the issues of montessori class teachers remaining outside the school structure, regular opportunities for promotion, right evaluation of performance, transfer opportunities of teachers and so on.

Federation General Secretary Laxmi Koshore Subedi has said the Federation has urged teachers and employees across the country to come to Kathmandu to take part in the protest.

He complained that the Bill failed to address agreements reached between the government and the Federation on February 21, 2019 and February 21, 2022. 

The Bill aimed to revise the education acts was registered in the House of Representatives on September 13.