Nationwide school closure enters day two

KATHMANDU - Academic institutions throughout the nation remained closed for the second consecutive on Thursday due to a strike called by Nepal Educational Republican Forum (NERF).
The NERF called the three-day educational strike from Wednesday to press the government for implementing the agreements reached earlier. The agitating teachers alleged that the government failed to enforce the agreements reached in last April.
Earlier, the government had assured the fulfillment of the demands put forth by the agitating teachers of both the government and community schools that includes providing permanent appointments teachers through a systematic procedure among others. The Front affiliated with nearly 10 teachers’ association announced the strike at academic institutions up to higher secondary level. The teachers have warned to intensify their protest if the government keeps being insensitive to their demands. Millions of students in the country are deprived of their basic rights to attend due to the strike.