Gaighat (Udayapur), Jan 25: A new acting district education officer has been appointed in Udayapur ending months of protest stemming from the demand to remove a former chief accused of corruption.
The teachers associations and organizations had been holding strike for the past three months demanding the removal of District Education Officer, Dillip Thakur.
The Education Ministry was forced to respond and seek the transfer of Thakur to the ministry on a temporary basis and replace him with Leknath Luintel in capacity as the acting District Education Officer.
The agitating teachers’ salaries of the past four months have also been distributed. Thakur stands accused of excessive corruption and seeking kickbacks and commission when appointing or transferring the teachers.
Nepal Teachers Association, Udayapur Chairman Tilak Bahadur Katuwal said the teachers could not accept Thakur’s return to Udayapur with the backing of a stay order from the Patan High Court which effectively blocked his routine transfer to another office.
When Thakur returned one and a half months ago, it goaded all the teachers and organizations to intensify their protest and even boycott the District Education Office (DEO), Nepal Teachers’ Federation, Udayapur Chairman Amerandra Jha said. RSS
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