Kathmandu, April 25 -- The Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure the protesting school teachers return to classrooms within three days while local units have also started directing the teachers to take up their duties.

Issuing an interim order in a writ petition by advocate Shrawan Chaudhary, the top court said that the protest has, prima facie, denied the students their right to education and it would continue if the court doesn't intervene.

"With regard to addressing the legitimate and constitutionally justified demands of the protesting teachers, the defendants [the prime minister's office and other government agencies] are hereby directed to take appropriate and necessary decisions, and to ensure, within three days from...