Incident Reports

Parents padlock school in Gorkha over alleged irregularities and corruption

2020-12-28

Gandaki, Gorkha, Gandaki, Ward 7

Parents padlocked the office of Gyanmarg Secondary School in Gandaki Rural Municipality  Ward No. 7 accusing the principal (Tanka Prasad Nepal) and the school management committee of irregularities in the school demanding an immediate investigation into the leak of question papers and principal's resignation. They further expressed their dissatisfaction over corruption in the school, irregularities in the purchase of sticks, lending of school money to individuals and recruitment of their own people as school staff.

Discussions at the school continued till December 28 evening but no conclusion was reached. Parents have warned not to open the school unless their demands are heard.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
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 n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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