The students in Tribhuvan University (TU), Purbanchal University (PU), Nepal Sanskrit University and Mid-Western University have been made the victims of series of strikes, padlocks and protests organized by different students´ groups.[break]
The regular activities, including examinations schedules, results, admission, etc have been affected due to the strikes and padlocking staged in the name of students and other groups.
The TU Office has been padlocked since November 20, 2012 by Nepal National University Teachers´ Association, professors´ organization affiliated to the CPN-Maoist. The Association that has started the strike padlocking the Office of the TU Office Bearers padlocked the main gate of the TU, saying the TU Administration remained indifferent toward their demands.
Regular activities at the TU including works of TU Service Commission, scholarship programs, salary distribution and others have been brought to a halt.
Similarly, the PU has also faced the same fate. The PU Teacher´s Union is in a warpath demanding that the Registrar of the university be appointed from the senior professors working in the campuses affiliated to PU.
The examinations schedule and other activities have been affected due to the PU teachers strike.
Likewise, the Democratic Professors´ Union at the Nepal Sanskrit University has been agitating since December.
Surendra Thapa, Campus Chief of Nepal Kasthamandap College, Kalanki, said the trend of padlocking culture appeared in the education sector is a serious problem.
Thapa stressed the need of implementing the government decision to make the education sector a Zone of Peace adding that education sector be free from politics to maintain the academic excellence.
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