Pramod Bhatta News Today

Warns of legal action. But schools say law allows them to levy some charge annually.

As local governments claim oversight of schools, teachers fear it will harm their prospects.

The bill must be passed by both chambers of Parliament before it becomes law and replaces the Education Act-1971.

Ever since the promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal, successive governments made enacting a federal education law their top priority. However, it took eight years and several failed attempts for the new education bill to land in Parliament.

The government registered the bill in the federal parliament, removing some provisions that school operators had contested earlier.