Kathmandu, April 30 -- teachers dialogue, hailed as decisive, ended inconclusively on Tuesday night despite some progress.

The talks were held between the representatives of the Nepal Teachers' Federation and the government side, attended by Education Minister Raghuji Pant, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Paudel and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.

"We presented our demands. The government has said it is positive," said an office bearer of the federation. "We will change the modality of the protest if the Cabinet addresses our concerns. Protests, however, will be withdrawn only after the School Education Act is passed."

The federation is ready to cooperate in conducting grade 12 tests slated for May 4 once the Cabinet...