Incident Reports

Teachers stage sit-in at local levels

2018-11-02

Lumbini, Dang, Ghorahi

Teachers of Dang staged a sit-in in front of the office of local level government demanding for the fulfillment of 26-point-demand. It was done under the initiation of Nepal Teachers Federation. This is their third instance of protesting.

Amar Bahadur Khadka, President of Teachers Federation Dang stated that government hasn't been successful to treat the teachers well ignoring their responsibilities of producing capable manpower for the nation.

Demands such as 4% of expenditure of total budget on education, compulsory basic education and improvement of infrastructures of schools were put forth.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
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