All educational institutes including schools and colleges remained closed throughout the country on Friday at the call of the All Nepal National Free Students Union (Revolutionary), student wing of underground Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
Maoist students called one-day strike in schools and colleges to protest against low priority and budgetary allocation for education sector in the Budget-2001/02.
Maoist students also burnt effigies of Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat and the budget. Maoist students claimed that the government’s priority to education was
inadequate both in its annual policies and programmes as well as the budget.
The strike in schools and colleges passed off peacefully, according to a Home Ministry spokesman. Maoist students have described the strike as a complete success and a tremendously positive response to their call.