Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bidya Bhattarai, has resigned from her post on Monday. 

Minister Bhattarai tendered her resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, said Bhattarai's press coordinator Ramji Lamsal. 

It may be noted that community school teachers have been agitating in Kathmandu for the past few weeks demanding that the government promulgate the School Education Act.