Kathmandu University Professors´ Association (KUPA) has decided to halt the classes at the university from Monday in protest of KU´s move to thwart their peaceful protests.

1. KU teachers to halt classes from Monday.
Kathmandu University Professors´Association (KUPA) has decided to halt the
classes at the university from Monday in protestof KU´s move to thwart their
peaceful protests.
KUPA President Prof. Bibhuti Ranjan Jha stated in his press release that the
university administration has obstructed their peaceful proteston the university
premises and threw away their black flags and banners.
Jha added that the university officials did not pay attention to their demands to
revise the old salary scale and end the discriminative salary standard.
The association has further demanded the varsity to withdraw the decision of
appointing Mohan Bikram Gyanwali as dean of the Department of Natural Science
(Chemistry).
Jha claimed that Gyanwali was brought from Tribhuvan University though the
deserving and senior professors were already available at KU itself.
“The autocratic tendency of VC and other officials has undermined the issue of
promoting own teachers at the university,” he added.
The teachers had been performing regular activities wearing black bands on their
hands as a symbol of protest against the authority since Sunday.
The Nepali Congress aligned association also wants the KU authority to grant valid
status to KUPA as its chapter. But the KU regulations bar politically aligned
organizations.