Two Articles ========= Maoists' Threat to Schools 9 March 01 Post Report NAWALPARASI, March 9 - Maoist-wing students' union - ANNFSU (Revolutionary)- forced some schools in the district to refund examinations fee and change the national anthem, according to a report received here. Shanti Nikunja High School in Pithauli refunded the examinations fee to its students and changed the existing national anthem after the school received a warning letter from the student union. A parents' meeting held on 1 March also decided to accept the union's 20-day ultimatum. Likewise, Bhimsen Adarsha High School, Rambas, Jana Jyoti Higher Secondary School, Pragatinagar and Laxmi High School, Amarawati have also changed the national anthem to be prayed in the morning assembly. Teachers from the schools said that Maoist-wing students' union had been putting pressure on those schools where headmasters had political affiliation with the ruling Nepali Congress.Kathmandu Post http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2001/march/arc196.htm#2 Student stone vehicles Kathmandu, 11 March: Two students were injured when police tried to stop a student union protest demanding a 50 percent concession on public bus fares. The student union close to the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) tried to stop traffic near Bhaktapur stoning several vehicles including one owned by a Member of Parliament Sunday. The students said they will continue to disrupt traffic at various points in Kathmandu Valley Monday to press their demand. The have been demanding concessions for all students upon presentation of identification papers since several months. Transport workers have so far rejected the demand as impractical. Nepalnews.com/br/at
