Federal Teaching Learning Grant Teachers Protest Budget

Kathmandu. The Federal Teaching Learning Grant Teachers Central Committee has protested, stating that the budget for the fiscal year 2083-84 has not addressed their demands. They protested at Maitighar to draw the government's attention to their professional continuity, stability, and service facilities for a long time. 

The teachers have accused the government of ignoring the management-related provisions mentioned in the agreements made with the government in 2078, 2080-2082, and the draft presented for the decision of the Federal Education Act. 

The government has shown indifference to the demands of the grant teachers by not implementing the agreement to manage them through 60-40 percent internal and open competition. 

According to the committee, there are currently about 11,000 Federal Teaching Learning Grant teachers across the country teaching subjects like English, Mathematics, and Science at the secondary and basic levels. The teachers have been protesting since yesterday, stating that their demands for a respectable salary increase, dearness allowance, and incentive allowance were not clearly included in the budget statement. 

They have also warned that if their demands are not met, they will be forced to halt teaching and even resign en masse. Yesterday, they protested at 10 am in the courtyard of the Education and Human Resource Development Center with school uniforms, identity cards, appointment letters, special appointment letters, and marker pens.