They staged the demonstration saying that the TU had deprived student of higher education by terminating the proficiency certificate level (PCL) programme - two years of study equivalent to higher secondary education.[break]
Chairman of All Nepal National Free Student Union (Fifth) Bhaskar Kafle said they were deprived of their right to higher education due to TU´s irresponsible decision. With the PCL phase out, there was no potion for the students to polish shoes, so we had the symbolic protest of shoe polishing against such decision, he added.
Third phase of the protest was afoot, he warned.
Meanwhile, the association of agitating 11 student unions had padlocked the office of Higher Secondary Education Board (HSEB), thereby disrupting the regular works for 15 days.
The HSEB said it could not meet with the demands of the students. So, it urged the authorities concerned to take initiatives to unlock the office, holding talks with disgruntling students.
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