Kathmandu, April 21 -- Nepal's Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bidhya Bhattarai, has resigned from her post on the 20th day of ongoing protests by teachers from community and government schools across the country.

Bhattarai submitted her resignation letter to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday afternoon, according to sources from the Prime Minister's Office.

"In the resignation letter, the minister has primarily stated health to be the reason behind this step. It is well known that she had been facing pressure after continued protests by the teachers in Kathmandu," a senior official from the Prime Minister's Office told ANI.

Bhattarai's resignation comes at a time when community and government school teachers from a...