Kathmandu, July 7 -- The government has backpedalled from its earlier decision to bar private schools from charging tuition fees during the lockdown period after private school operators threatened to discontinue the classes.

Earlier, the Ministry of Education had announced that parents would not have to pay for their children's tuition until the lockdown is over. However, following the threat from private schools to stop the virtual classes, the ministry has agreed to allow them to collect fees from parents.

Meanwhile, the Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation, Nepal (PABSON) and the National Private and Boarding Schools Association (NPABSAN), two umbrella bodies of private schools, have withdrawn their plan to discontinue the vir...