Different teachers´ unions have been protesting putting forth different professional demands. The teachers´ unions have withdrawn their protest programs following the call from the government to postpone their agitations. [break]
On Monday, Minister for Education Dinanath Sharma had invited the teachers for talks to discuss their demands and pledged to fulfil all demands of the teachers.
Different teachers´ unions had been launching phase-wise agitations for three months putting forth 35-point demands.
The demands include implementing previous agreement signed with the government, giving permanent status to temporary teachers, among others.
Chairman of Nepal Teachers´ Union, Dil Bahadur Joshi said they would continue the protest program if the government failed to address teachers´ demands in time.