Consensus reached to reserve 60% of teaching posts for internal competition

KATHMANDU: A consensus has been reached in a sub-committee under the Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives to reserve 60% of teacher recruitment positions for internal competition. This will benefit long-serving temporary teachers (including relief and temporary contract teachers).

A member of the sub-committee told Himal Press that the sub-committee will now finalize its report on the Education Bill and submit its report to the committee chair at the earliest.

The Education Bill, registered in Parliament in September 2023, initially proposed a 50-50 ratio for internal and open competition to make temporary teachers permanent. Following protests in Kathmandu in October 2023, however, an agreement was reached between the Confederation of Nepali Teachers (CNT) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to allocate 75% for internal competition as a one-time measure. Most parliamentarians who proposed amendments to the bill demanded that teachers be made permanent through 100% internal competition, while others suggested maintaining the 75% limit.

Ministry officials say 46,000 new teacher positions are expected to be created once the Bill is enacted.