
Private schools double down on threats to protest education bill
Kathmandu. Private education providers have taken strong objections to the agreement reached by the parliamentary committee regarding the provisions related to private schools in the School Education Bill.
The Private and Boarding Schools’ Organization, Nepal and the Higher Institutions and Secondary Schools’ Association Nepal, among others, issuing a statement on Sunday, have demanded revisions to some provisions in the bill and have warned of protests if their demands are not heeded by Wednesday.
The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives on June 27 had finalized most of the provisions, barring a few. On Thursday, the committee finalized most of the issues and assigned its secretariat to prepare a report to incorpora...