School employees demand for permanent status

Kathmandu : Nepal School Employees Council has demanded granting permanent status to school employees by creating posts. The new working committee elected by the fifth national general convention of the Council called for creating posts for existing employees of the schools and ensuring their services and benefits at par civil service employees.
At a press conference organized here on Friday, Council’s newly-elected Chairperson Bahadur Khadka said all the employees working at schools also are the civil service employees so the permanent status should be given to them by creating necessary posts after amending the Federal Education Act. Around 40,000 employees (accountants and office assistants working at school level) have been associated to the Council.
Though the Education Regulation-2028 BS has stipulated that the school staffs would also receive same salary scale that of teachers it has not yet been brought in to practice, Chairperson Khadka added.