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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2023

   Go Public! Advocating for progressive taxation to fund public education in Nepal

   Education leaders and representatives from civil society came together at a three-day capacity building workshop in Nepal with a pressing agenda: to address the urgent need for increased domestic funding in the country's public education system. Their primary objective was to strengthen public education financing and advocate for the implementation...

   Go Public! Advocating for progressive taxation to fund public education in Nepal

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 June 2023

   Educators in South Asia go public to fund education

   Over 140 union delegates from South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal came together to reflect and learn from each other to play an active role in transforming education in South Asia.

   Educators in South Asia go public to fund education

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 May 2023

   The struggle for the rights and dignity of education support personnel in private schools in Nepal

   Shyam Chhatkuli

   Our union, the Institutional Schools Teachers' Union (ISTU) brings together teachers and education support personnel working in privately funded schools in Nepal. Our mission is to improve the working conditions of our members, ensure their rights are respected, and their important role recognized. Our work is essential, but it is...

   The struggle for the rights and dignity of education support personnel in private schools in Nepal

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   Trade union rights are human rights 11 January 2023

   Nepal: Education unions agree to social dialogue with local governments

   After 8 months of campaigning, from 29-31 December 2022, Education International’s member organisations in Nepal – the Nepal National Teachers Association (NNTA), the Nepal Teachers Association (NTA) and the Institutional Schools' Teachers' Union (ISTU) – reached three separate agreements establishing mechanisms for social dialogue with the four Nepali local governmental...

   Nepal: Education unions agree to social dialogue with local governments

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 August 2022

   Nepal: Privatisation does not ensure equal access to education, more investment in public education is needed

   The Research “Lessons from the COVID- Pandemic in Nepal” analyses the impact of COVID-19 on education, highlights the role of teacher unions in protecting the rights of teachers and calls for policy measures to protect decent learning conditions for students and decent employment conditions for teachers.

   Nepal: Privatisation does not ensure equal access to education, more investment in public education is needed

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   Standards and working conditions 20 April 2022

   Wage Bill Constraints: Hardship of Teachers in Nepal

   Prabin Kumar Acharya

   In 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) directed the governments of 15 countries, including Nepal, to reduce their public expenditure. This has greatly impacted teachers after the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Wage Bill Constraints: Hardship of Teachers in Nepal