Education Reform: Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Implementations
Education Reform – 2006
No progress made in terms of education reform.
Education Reform – 2007
Notwithstanding the provisions in the CPA, the Maoists as well as other political parties organized strikes on educational institutions. According to a news report, the Maoists shut down all (private) educational institutions indefinitely, and demanded pay raises. This affected more than 35,000 people across the country. A student wing of the Maoists as well as a forum of seven teachers’ unions, also affiliated with the Maoists, were the organizers.[fn]”Maoists close down Nepal schools indefinitely,” Indo-Asian News Service, May 17, 2007.[/efn_note] The strike lasted for 11 days and schools reopened after pressure from parents and right groups.[fn]”Millions of students head back to schools in Nepal after teachers end strike,” Associated Press Worldstream, May 28, 2007.[/efn_note] Multiple student organizations, affiliated with almost every political party, organized strikes on educational institutions.
Education Reform – 2008
Schools and colleges were closed due to strike called by student organizations affaliated to political parties. Education institutions were politicized. There was no fear of students being conscripted by armed groups.
Education Reform – 2009
No developments observed this year.
Education Reform – 2010
Along with the strikes and politicization of the education sector in Nepal, the Maoist leader in December 2010 warned that “his party would turn all campuses and schools across the country into ‘barracksÕ if conspiracies against peace and the new constitution go unabated.”1 Despite this warning and the Constituent Assembly failure to finalize the draft constitution in a timely manner, there have been no reports of schools being turned into barracks. There were also no reports of capturing school teachers and educational institutions.
- “Nepal: Prachanda Warns Against Conspiracies to Impede New Constitution,” Revolution in South Asia, December 13, 2010.
Education Reform – 2011
General strikes called by various groups hit the educational institutions hard. Nevertheless, there was also no report of capturing school teachers and educational institutions by politically motivated groups.
Education Reform – 2012
No further developments observed this year.
Education Reform – 2013
No further developments observed this year.
Education Reform – 2014
No further developments observed this year.
Education Reform – 2015
No further developments observed this year.