KATHMANDU, July 3: Community school employees have continued with their hunger strike at Maitighar in the federal capital, demanding an increase in their perks and benefits and retaining their quota.
They have been on a hunger strike for the past 22 days. Employees of nearly 60 community schools are participating in the hunger strike, said Shanti Nath Yogi, General Secretary of the School Employees Council.
Although the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology started talks with the agitating employees of the community schools forming a committee on June 18, no agreement has been reached so far.
Wage-based employees on hunger strike
"The Council is preparing for additional protest programmes for lack of agreement on our demands," Yogi said.
The talks team formed by the Ministry is headed by Chudamani Poudel, director general of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development. The under-secretaries of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration are also in the talks team. "The Ministry of Finance has not given any reply to the topic of additional budget for meeting the employees' demands," Poudel said.
The Council withdrew the program of school closure after the government invited them to talks. However, the community school employees have continued with the hunger strike to press for their demands.
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