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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

More teachers sought for higher secondary schools (ht 12/07/2008)

Teachers not to lift HSEB lockout (ht 06/07/2008), Govt, agitating teachers reach agreement (kp 11/07/2008)

Rift surfaces in teachers’ union (ht 02/07/2008)

Hounded & hushed in the hinterland, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp 22/06/2008)

82 schools, one woman teacher, by Rajendra Bhatt (ht 08/05/2008)

Govt to address teachers’ demands (kp 27/02/2008)

NERF announces fresh stir (nn 04/02/2008), Don’t hamper studies: Guardians urge teachers (kp 05/02/2008)

Seeking quality teachers, by Peshal Khanal (kp 16/01/2008)

Teachers warn of protest (kp 04/01/2008)

New teachers to be appointed (nn 12/10/2007)

Teachers gherao DEOs across country (nn 08/10/2007)

Teachers stage "chalk down" protest (nn 03/10/2007)

Representatives of teacher unions seek security assurance (kp 10/09/2007)

On teaching and teachers, by Hem Raj Kafle (kp 01/08/2007)

Temporary teachers warn of fresh agitation (nn 01/08/2007)

Teachers’ body calls strike (samn 13/07/2007)

Temporary even after 31 yrs teaching, by Damodar Neupane (kp 01/07/2007)

JTMM-Goit murders teacher in Siraha (nn 10/06/2007)

NERF members, Maoists attack NTU teachers, by Prem Nepali (kp 26/05/2007)

11,000 schools in Nepal lack lady teachers (pd 20/05/2007)

Absence of teachers’ appointment hampers 400 school, by Tika Bhatta (kp 12/05/2007)

Meet takes up draft education regulation (samn 06/05/2007)

Where are the teachers?, by Marianne Heredge (kp 29/04/2007)

School locked over firing of teachers (samn 28/04/2007)

College teachers’ body formed (samn 28/04/2007)

Shortage of qualified teachers hits education (kp 23/04/2007)

Proxy teachers mar education (kp 22/04/2007)

Ministry to fulfill teacher's demands within three months (nn 21/04/2007)

Teachers padlock PABSON office (kp 16/03/2007)

DEOs padlocked nationwide (kp 29/03/2007), NERF agrees to unlock District Education Offices (nn 30/03/2007), Teachers, govt sign pact to lift lockout (samn 30/03/2007)

New education system needs more qualified teachers, by Anjali Subedi (kp 27/03/2007)

3 teachers for 7 students (kp 27/03/2007)

Private schools closed (kp 10/03/2007)

Schoolteachers to launch protests (kp 06/03/2007), Teachers announce fresh protest plans (samn 06/03/2007)

Govt urged to hire more teachers (samn 06/03/2007)

Temporary teachers announce fresh protest (nn 06/01/2007), Teachers to resume strike from Jan 10 (samn 06/01/2007)

Locally appointed teachers threaten stir (samn 30/12/2006)

Teachers back on the streets (kp 16/12/2006)

Govt decision on temporary teachers draws flak (kp 02/12/2006), Students continue protests against govt decision on temporary teachers (nn 02/12/2006)

Govt, temporary teachers strike deal (samn 25/11/2006), Temporary teachers, by Mahabir Paudyal (kp 27/11/2006)

Teachers serve 24-hour ultimatum to govt (samn 30/10/2006), Temporary teachers padlock DEOs (kp 01/11/2006)

Show some gratitude: It doesn’t matter where good teachers are from, by Biswo Poudel (nt 27/10/2006)

Temporary teachers warn more protests (samn 24/10/2006)

Temporary teachers resume protests (nn 09/10/2006),  Ad-hoc teachers to hold nationwide demo (samn 09/10/2006)

NNTA calls for unity of teachers’ bodies (samn 28/07/2006)

Nepal Teachers’ Union submits final draft of the national education policy (nn 02/07/2006)

Over 200 university teachers held, freed (kp 20/06/2006)

Nepal to add 3,000 female teachers soon (People's Daily 19/06/2006)

Teachers forced to lock students up, by Kamal Panthi (kp 13/06/2006)

Over 150 part-time campus teachers arrested (nn 07/06/2006), Part-time college teachers continue protest; 66 arrested (nn 08/06/2006), Seven more part-time teachers arrested (rn 09/06/2006), Part-time college teachers continue stir; 300 arrested (nn 10/06/2006), Police arrest over 50 part-time teachers of TU (nn 11/06/2006), Over 200 university teachers arrested (kp 11/06/2006) [Methods like those of the authoritarian royal government!]

Nepal to give 12,000 temporary school teachers permanent status (People's Daily 05/04/2006)

Teachers issue ultimatum to fulfill their demands within 35 days (nn 28/01/2006)

Teachers teaching with fake certificates in Morang: Report (nn 01/01/2006)

Frontline teachers: More than any other profession, teachers have borne the brunt of the conflict, by Naresh Newar (nt 18/11/2005)

Training teachers to teach without the stick (kp 08/10/2005)

10,000 school teachers to be sacked (samn 11/09/2005)

Female teachers less motivated (kp 01/06/2005)

5,000 more teachers to be recruited (kp 29/04/2005)

Report on temporary teachers submitted (rn 20/01/2005)

School teachers’ promotion to be simplified (kp 16/01/2005)

Good enough reason (ht 15/12/2004)

Teachers at the frontlines: Dailekh’s teachers have been on strike for two months to protest forcible recruitment by Maoists, by Kishore Nepal (nt 10/12/2004)

Panel for teachers starts work (ht 07/12/2004)

Half of permanent teachers’ slots to be filled (kp 30/11/2004), Teachers call off strike as govt softens stance (ht 03/12/2004)

Temporary teachers stage protest rally (kp 23/11/2004), Temporary teachers on fast-unto-death (ht 24/11/2004), Temporary teachers to close public schools indefinitely (ht 26/11/2004), Temporary teachers’ strike affects thousands (kp 27/11/2004), Govt bid to soothe striking temporary teachers (ht 28/11/2004), Flexibility urged to end teachers’ strike (ht 29/11/2004), Justify demands (kp 29/11/2004), Classes Denied: The teachers displaced from their jobs are on a fast unto death strike as classes in community schools remain in a limbo, by Thakur Amgai (sp 03/12/2004)

MoES no to temporary teachers’ demand (ht 12/11/2004)

Retired teachers deprived of pension (kp 09/11/2004)

Results of teachers’ exam published, by Renu Kshetry (ht 03/11/2004)

Schools sans lady teachers (ht 12/10/2004)

Teachers warn of ‘decisive’ stir if govt fails to meet demands (ht 08/10/2004)

Ilam teachers have to be on the move — daily, by Bimal Pradhan (ht 27/09/2004)

For Healthy Teaching Environment, by Chandra Kumar Phuyal (rn 25/09/2004)

12,000 school teachers to be promoted (kp 18/09/2004)

MoES to address problem of unequal distribution of teachers (ht 18/09/2004)

DEC to train 7,000 teachers from Nov (ht 17/09/2004)

Temporary teachers close down public schools (ht 11/09/2004)

Boosting teachers in private schools, by Shankar Bir Singh Budhathoki (ht 26/08/2004)

One teacher but two posts (kp 18/08/2004)

Fifth NTA congress slated for February (rn 11/08/2004)

Teacher, pride and conflict, by Bharat Bhattarai (ht 05/08/2004)

Over 10,000 primary teachers to be promoted (ht 03/08/2004), Primary incentive (ht 04/08/2004)

Teachers’ protest continues: TU set to carry out study (rn 16/07/2004), Govt likely to amend rules for displaced temporary teachers (ht 13/07/2004), Part-time teachers' sit-in on (ht 18/07/2004), Parties support fast-unto-death protest (kp 18/07/2004), TU urges end to teachers’ sit-in (ht 19/07/2004), TU to bid adieu to surplus teachers, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 19/07/2004), TU administration, TUPTTA to hold talks today (ht 25/07/2004), TU begins talk with part time teachers (kp 25/07/2004), TU invites striking teachers to talks (rn 25/07/2004), TU, part-timers talks fail (ht 26/07/2004), TU, TUPTA talks end in deadlock (kp 26/07/2004), Difficult lesson (ht 27/07/2004), Students rally in support of part-time teachers (kp 27/07/2004), Temporary after 40 years on job (ht 28/07/2004), TU part-timers lock VC’s office (ht 28/07/2004), Teachers lock TU Central Office (rn 28/07/2004), TU part-timers call off protest (kp 30/07/2004), TU to hire part-timers on course contract (ht 02/08/2004), TU to induct part-timers on course contract basis (rn 02/08/2004), TU part-timers to resume protests (kp 02/08/2004), TUPTA issues 5-day ultimatum to TU (kp 03/08/2004), TU part-timers warn of renewed protests (rn 03/08/2004), Student leaders back TUPTTA (rn 10/08/2004)

Over 85 pc environment science teachers need training: Survey (ht 05/07/2004)

Kitabkhana needs more hands, by Renu Kshetry (ht 17/06/2004), Digitalise records (ht 18/06/2004)

Teachers fret over missing appraisal forms (ht 12/06/2004)

Paradigm shift in teacher training, by Shreeram Prasad Lamichhane (ht 03/06/2004)

One lady teacher in each primary school remains a distant dream, by Renu Kshetry (ht 30/05/2004)

Categorization of private school teachers soon (kp 23/05/2004)

MoES notice to appoint teachers within a week, by Renu Kshetry (ht 11/05/2004)

More than 300 teachers lose jobs (kp 01/05/2004)

Nepal Teachers’ Union formed (ht 01/03/2004)

Teachers worry over new appointments (ht 02/02/2004)

Govt-teachers talks end on positive note (ht 01/02/2004)

Teachers’ bodies form union (ht 28/01/2004)

Teachers’ Turmoil: Teachers have launched their agitation demanding for security and stability of their profession, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 23/01/2004)

Police briefly detain protesting teachers (kp 09/01/2004)

Unexpected number of teachers apply for licences (ht 02/01/2004)

Teachers protest new education regulation (kp 27/12/2003)

Teachers on strike, hundreds of schools closed countrywide (kp 13/12/2003)

Teachers Service Commission, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 10/12/2003)

Teachers flay army ‘excesses’ (ht 10/12/2003)

200 teachers axed, 300 quit voluntarily: CIAA unearths fake certificate racket (kp 07/12/2003), Number of teachers quitting job doubles (ht 07/12/2003)

Licence to teach, by Beena Kharel (Kathmandu Post, 12/11/2003)

Teachers lay stress on quality education than curriculum (Himalayan Times, 08/11/2003)

Teachers up in arms over teaching license procedure (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2003)

Absence of teachers delay classes (Kathmandu Post, 19/10/2003)

Teachers’ licensing process finally gets rolling: Training and test mandatory (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2003)

Certificates of 20,000 teachers could be fake (Himalayan Times, 22/09/2003)

Teachers take refuge in Martadi, by Arjun Shah (Kathmandu Post, 22/09/2003)

It is now teachers’ turn to hit the streets (Kathmandu Post, 12/09/2003), Protesting teachers arrested in Valley (Himalayan Times, 13/09/2003)

Teachers remain unpaid for last one year, by Binod Tripathy (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2003)

Agitating teachers threaten to shut 37,000 public schools (Himalayan Times, 25/08/2003)

TSC to publish results after 8 yrs (Himalayan Times, 26/07/2003), Teachers’ results out in 8 years (Kathmandu Post, 29/07/2003), The price of delay, by Beena Kharel (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2003), Teachers’ bodies oppose TSC results (Himalayan Times, 30/07/2003)

Govt grants teaching licence (Kathmandu Post, 08/06/2003)

Students deprived of education due to teachers’ absence (Kathmandu Post, 05/03/2003)

Teachers go without salary for 18 months (Kathmandu Post, 01/03/2003)

When teachers run away from schools (Space Time Today, 21/02/2003)

Teacher development efforts in Nepal, by Mana Prasad Wagley (Himalayan Times, 17/02/2003)

School teacher, newest target of ‘comrades’, by Surendra Phuyal & Sharad Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2003)

Master Malaise, by Thakur Amgai (Spotlight, 22/11/2002)

84,000 teachers await test result for eight long years (Himalayan Times, 14/11/2002)

Govt to send primary teachers back to classrooms (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2002)

Teachers flee Maoist threats (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2002)

20,000 volunteer to teach in Maoist areas (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2002)

More than 2,500 apply for temporary teaching license (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2002)

Teachers’ recruitment getting tougher (Kathmandu Post, 15/09/2002)

Teachers to form a common federation (Kathmandu Post, 21/07/2002)

Common teachers’ union to be formed (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2002)

Teachers’ commission set to publish seven-year-old overdue results (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2002)

Schools affected due to insufficient teachers (Kathmandu Post, 27/05/2002)

Ministry of Education books 507 ‘fake’ certificate holders, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 16/04/2002)

7 teachers expelled for misconduct during SLC (Kathmandu Post, 06/04/2002), see also Teachers arrested for helping examinees cheat (Kathmandu Post, 07/04/2002)

Primary teachers’ training draws less participation (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2002)

Teachers worst-hit from Maoist ‘terrorism’ (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2002)

Results of over 86,000 teachers still in limbo (Kathmandu Post, 08/03/2002)

20% certificates of Siraha teachers fake (Rising Nepal, 06/03/2002)

Govt readying to issue teachers’ licence (Kathmandu Post, 27/02/2002), see also editorial Licensing teachers (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2002)

Teaching in Nepal: The Most Dangerous Profession? (Spotlight, 01/02/2002)

After 6 years’ delay, govt gets cracking on teachers’ results, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 11/01/2002)

84,000 aspiring teachers to know their fate soon, by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2001)

Teachers against amendment bill, by Khila Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 15/12/2001)

Over 200 teachers hold fake certificates in Makawanpur (Kathmandu Post, 25/11/2001)

Teachers launch nationwide protests against Education Bill (Kathmandu Post, 10/11/2001)

Testing Teachers, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 09/10/2001)

Supreme Court to decide on teacher selection case on Oct 6 (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)

39 headmasters resign over union pressure (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2001)

Years of teacher training, no satisfactory results, by Narendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 01/07/2001)

Teachers yet to receive allowance (Kathmandu Post, 10/03/2001)

Govt to probe teachers’ forged certificates, by Kiran Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2001)

Temporary Teachers: Waiting For Uncertain Future, by Netra Subedi (Rising Nepal, 05/02/2001)

Teachers’ Interview, by Bijay Aryal (Rising Nepal, 28/01/2001)

NNTA asks ministry to stop interview (Kathmandu Post, 23/01/2001)

83,000 teachers to be interviewed, by Pramod Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2001)

Teachers urge to adjust allowance: Education minister gives assurance (Kathmandu Post, 26/11/2000)

68 teachers fired in Makawanpur (Kathmandu Post, 27/10/2000)

Plan to remove teachers opposed (Kathmandu Post, 10/09/2000)

Upadhyaya tells teachers to dissociate from politics (Rising Nepal, 06/09/2000)

New bill to prevent teachers from politics (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2000)

Teachers misusing study-leave facility (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2000)

Rampant corruption in teachers' appointment: All public school vacancies freezed (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2000)

Teaching The Teachers, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 07/07/2000)

Teachers' demand still not fulfilled (Independent, 28/06/2000)

Private teachers complain of exploitation, by Dambar Jung Dangi (Rising Nepal, 04/06/2000)

Politics in education: Teachers Turn Trade Unionists, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 26/05/2000), including interviews with Chuman Singh Basnet (Spokesman of the Ministry of Education), Hitakar Bir Singh Kansakar (Headmaster of Paropakar High School, Kathmandu), Keshab Prasad Bhattarai (President of Nepal Teachers Association), and Ballav Mani Dahal (education expert)

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