Kathmandu, Feb. 5 -- Teachers across the country are preparing for a show of strength in Kathmandu next month. This is the second time in less than two years that the teachers are organising such a protest.

The Nepal Teachers' Federation, an elected body of the country's school teachers, is staging a series of protests to pressure the government and parties to endorse the School Education bill from the winter session. The CPN-UML-affiliated teachers' association, however, will not be part of the agitation.

Before descending to Kathmandu for agitation, the teachers will first stage protests at the local and provincial levels while also continuing to lobby at the political and bureaucratic levels.

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