Owing to the strikes called by different Madeshi factions, children in Mahottari and surrounding districts have not been able to attend schools for the past 25 days."Instability seen in the country's politics should not jeopardize the future of these children," said Jha, expressing his dissatisfaction to the current turn of events.
"Schools have become the primary target during any form of strike. And classes are always affected every time some faction decides to protest," added Jha. He also staged a street play prior to conducting his classes in the middle of the crossroad.
A total of 169,589 students from Mahottari's 411 primary, 127 lower secondary, 65 secondary and 42 higher secondary schools have been deprived of their basic rights to education due to the strikes.
"There are currently 126,361 students enrolled at the primary level, 30,816 at the lower secondary, 10,371 at the secondary and 2,041 at the higher secondary level in the district. But because of the fear of being attacked by protestors, all of the schools have remained shut," informed District Education Officer Arvind Lal Karna.
Teachers, who have stopped coming to the schools, themselves padlocked the education institutions fearing damage to the infrastructures. This has deprived the students from getting education in a safe and peaceful environment, commented DEO Karna.
Assurances have been made time and again by different political parties to segregate schools as 'peace zone'. But because of the lack of implementation of those words into their actions, political protests have been directly affecting the educational environment in these regions.
And because of the persistent strikes, terminal exams that would have usually taken place during this time of the year, have been affected.
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