Kathmandu, July 12 -- After pushing the endorsement of the School Education Bill three times, the government wants to prolong it further.

A meeting of the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives called for July 6 to endorse the bill.

However, the meeting was deferred after Minister for Education, Science and Technology Raghuji Pant, backed by Nepali Congress Chief Whip Shyam Ghimire, proposed putting the bill on hold for five days to discuss issues with the Nepal Teachers' Federation.

The committee agreed to give until Friday to settle the contentious issues with the federation. It was the third time the House committee agreed to defer the endorsement process at the government's request. A...