Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
Nepal's government is pushing sweeping education reforms that could force the country's 8,149 private schools — serving 3.3 million students — to convert into non-profit trusts or face closure, igniting fierce resistance from school operators, constitutional challenges, and a national debate over whether the policy will reduce inequality or collapse an education system that outperforms the public alternative by nearly every measure. The contested School Education Bill and parallel regulatory crackdowns under Education Minister Sashmit Pokharel have pitted teachers' unions, student organizations, private school lobbies, and political parties against each other in a high-stakes fight over who controls — and profits from — Nepal's classrooms.