Education Ministry asks EC to provide details of work execution committees of political parties

Kathmandu, April 25: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has urged the Election Commission (EC) to provide it with details of work execution committee of the political parties.

According to the Ministry, a decision was taken to write to the EC demanding the details of office-bearers of all the central, province and district level work execution committees of the political parties.

Secretariat of the Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sumana Shrestha, said the details of the political parties affiliated working committees, which are in record of the EC, have been sought in order to forward the action against those teachers affiliated in the political parties.

After receiving the record from the EC, the Ministry would cross check the details of teachers and employees, which the ministry has, and office-bearers of work execution committee of the political parties, it is said.

Minister Shrestha has been warning of forwarding process for legal action against the teachers and staffs if they were found holding position in the work execution committees of the political parties. According to the Secretariat, the Ministry has received complaints about the issue that teachers and staffs working at community schools have taken membership of different political parties, are holding position in work execution committee and are party’s general convention delegates.

Earlier, the Ministry had already sent a circular at District-based all education development and coordination units to take action against those teachers and staffs, who are members of political parties’ work execution committee.

Some of the district units have already forwarded action as per the circular. A ministerial decision had already been taken to remove teachers holding position on political parties’ work execution committee as per the existing laws and court’s order and inform the Ministry about this and taking action continuously on such complaints of same nature.