Thousands of schools and colleges have been forced shut in Nepal by youth political activists in protest against alleged irregularities and ‘foreign’ names of institutions.

Different sister and youth wings affiliated to as many as 17 political parties have joined a massive protest, and forced academic institutions under the Higher Secondary Education Council and Council of Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) to close.

The latest protests came after allegations of irregularities surfaced in colleges under CTEVT.

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