KATHMANDU, DEC 13 - Reports pouring in here from across the country say that almost all government schools in many districts remained closed as the teachers assembled to picket the District Education Offices (DEOs) in their respective district headquarters, today.
The strike was launched on the initiatives of the joint teachers’ organisations (left and right wing). As part of their series of strike programme the teachers disrupted normal functioning of several DEOs today, according to reports.
For the past six months, government school teachers are on strike with various demands. The demands include nullification of the 7th amendment to the Education Act, guarantee of security, making public the whereabouts of teachers abducted by security personnel among others.
In Mahottari about 1,600 teachers picketed the DEO from morning to afternoon. Only six employees out of the total 20 got entry in the office as they had come before the picketing began.
Similarly in Udayapur some 500 teachers from several government schools gheraoed the DEO office and disrupted the office work schedule.
Reports from Siraha, Gorkha and Sarlahi also give similar account of schools in respective districts being closed as the teachers gathered at the respective DEOs. No untoward incident has been reported in today’s strike. Posted on: 2003-12-14 02:56

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