Kathmandu, March 9 -- and-a-half years after they ended their protest in Kathmandu following an agreement with the government, thousands of teachers from across the country demonstrated in the Capital on Saturday.

The Nepal Teachers' Federation had called off its Kathmandu-centric agitation after a six-point agreement with the government.

Alleging government reluctance to endorse the School Education Bill from the ongoing session of the Parliament, the Federation, an umbrella body of various teachers' unions, resumed street protests to press the government to pass the bill.

The major component of the six-point agreement was revising the School Education Bill. However, there was no follow-up to the agreement.

Despite the commitment, go...