Ramechhap, Feb 26: Teachers of Ramechhap boycotted a talk programme on ‘norms of education – employment, development and humanity’ organised by the District Education Committee on the occasion of the 25th Education Day.
The Nepal Teachers Association, the Nepal National Teachers Organisation and Nepal Teachers Council failed to take part in the programme.
Though the teachers who were sitting in groups a little distance away from the venue of the function were called repeatedly to attend, no teacher participated.
President of the District Teachers Association Ramechhap Laxman Kumar Ghimire said they were obliged to boycott the function because of failure to implement the agreement reached between the government and the teachers.
At the function presided over by District Education Committee chairman Kailash Prasad Dhungel, various speakers including ex-MP Dev Shankar Poudel, DDC Vice Chairman Ramesh Basnet, DDC member Taranidhi Subedi, assistant CDO Harihar Dahal and representatives of various political parties expressed their views.
Meanwhile in Mahendranagar, various programmes for improvement of the physical facilities at schools have been launched in Kanchanpur district under the district basic and primary education programme with funding from the grant assistance provided by the government of Japan.
As part of the programme, the government of Japan has provided grant assistance for construction of a total of 130 class rooms at various schools in the district, it is learnt from the District Education Office, Kanchanpur.
For this purpose depots have been established at local krishnapur, belauri and mahendranagar for implementation of the programme. Schools entitled for the grant can collect the construction materials required for improving their physical infrastructure from these depots.
In this connection, an introductory seminar was also organised for the headmasters and the school management committee chairmen of the schools selected for the programme for the supervision of the construction works.