Incident Reports

Students’ relay hunger strike in Rajbiraj on third day

2017-07-08

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj, Ward 7

The relay hunger strike launched by the students in Rajbiraj demanding reform in the district’s educational sector entered its third day on Monday. The hunger strike is being held at the Gajendra intersection of Rajbiraj at the call of Guransh Bal Club with a four-point demand, said Club’s Chairman, Mo Jakaullah. Jakaullah said the students were forced to hold relay hunger strike as a memorandum sent to the Prime Minister and Education Minister through the Chief District Officer on June 8 did not yield any response. The students have demanded designating schools as zone of peace and make it immune to any general strikes, cross checking of the educational certificates of the teachers across the country, arrangement for stringent action if teachers are found to be carrying fake certificates, cost free registration form, examination form and practical exam form up to Grade XII and scrapping of the rule of paying additional charge for readmission when upgrading from one class to another. They have further called for timely availability of school curriculum book, controlling the haphazard pricing of books, keeping the students separate during strikes and providing facilities to the Madarasa in par with other government schools. More than a dozen organisations have already expressed their solidarity with the ongoing relay hunger strike. Jakaullah has warned of a second phase of protest if the relay hunger strike fails fulfill their demands. लालीगुराँस बाल क्लबले शिक्षा क्षेत्रको समस्या समाधानको माग गर्दै राजविराज नपा-७ स्थित गजेन्द्र चोकमा असार २४ गतेदेखि रिले अनसन थालेका छन् । शैक्षिक क्षेत्रका विविध समस्या समाधानका लागि बाल सम्मेलनले प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारीमार्फत ०७३ जेठ २५ गते प्रधानमन्त्री र शिक्षा मन्त्रीलाई ज्ञापनपत्र पठाए पनि सुनुवाइ नभएपछि स्थानीय प्रशासनलाई स्मरण पत्र दिँदै अनसन थालेको बाल क्लबले जनाएको छ । अनसनकारीहरूले बन्द हड्तालबाट विद्यालयलाई अलग राख्नु पर्ने, पाठ्यपुस्तक समयमा उपलब्ध गराउनु पर्ने, पाठ्यपुस्तकको मनपरी मुल्य नियन्त्रण गर्नुपर्ने, शिक्षकहरूको प्रमाणपत्र चेकजाँच गर्नुपर्ने, कक्षा १२ सम्मको रजिष्ट्रेशन र परीक्षा शुल्क निःशुल्क गर्नुपर्ने, मदरसाहरूलाई अन्य सरकारी विद्यालय सरह भौतिक संरचनायुक्त बनाउनुपर्ने लगायतका माग अघि सारेका छन् । क्लबका अध्यक्ष १७ वर्षीय मो. जकाउल्लाहको अगुवाइमा थालिएको रिले अनसनप्रति इन्सेक सप्तरी र नागरिक समाज सप्तरीलगायत विभिन्न सङ्घसंस्थाले समर्थन गर्दै ऐक्यबद्धता जनाएका छन् । सात दिनसम्म रिले अनशनबाट माग पुरा नभए दोस्रो चरणमा आन्दोलनका थप सशक्त कार्यक्रमहरू अघि बढाइने र आमरण अनसन गरिने १६ वर्षीय चितरञ्जन दत्तले बताए । राजनीतिक दल र भातृ सङ्गठनहरूको बन्द हडतालले विद्यालय शान्ति क्षेत्रको प्रतिबद्धतालाई धज्जी उडाएको भन्दै १७ वर्षीय अरमान कौशरले अनसन गर्न बाध्य भएको बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 6
Actor 1 - Affiliations Students
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
INSEC , National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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