Private school operators’ organizations have announced plans to intensify their joint protest against certain provisions of the School Education Bill, which they say are detrimental to private schools.
Organizations including PABSON, National PABSON, HISAN, APPN, and NMA issued a joint call to strengthen the ongoing movement. In a statement released on Sunday, the Joint Protest Committee emphasized that the bill could seriously affect the existence, autonomy, and contributions of private schools and confirmed that previous protest programs will continue.
The statement criticized provisions that fail to recognize the private sector’s contribution to education as unacceptable and called on all member schools, operators, and stakeholders to actively participate in the protest.
Key demands from private schools include:
- Removing the provision that requires schools registered under the Company Act to operate as ‘non-profit.’
- Deleting the term “full scholarship.”
- Reversing restrictions on services such as uniforms, textbooks, educational materials, transportation, meals, and snacks that are not produced by the schools themselves.
- Ensuring that schools retain the authority to distribute scholarships.
- Immediately abolishing discriminatory provisions that give opportunities at the university level only to students from community schools.
As part of the protest program, on Bhadra 24 (Tuesday), school operators from respective constituencies will meet all federal lawmakers in the morning and evening. Additionally, a large rally and awareness assembly will be held at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, on Bhadra 24 and 25 starting at 11 a.m., with mandatory participation of private school operators and principals from across the country.
The statement from the Joint Protest Committee was issued by Pavitra Limbu (Chairperson, NMA), Badri Dahal (Chairperson, APPN), Yubaraj Sharma (Acting Chairperson, HISAN), Subash Nyaupane (Chairperson, National PABSON), and Krishnaprasad Adhikari (Chairperson, PABSON).
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