Kathmandu, March 10 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reassured private school operators that the government will not compel them to convert their institutions into trusts, despite ongoing discussions in Parliament about the proposed law.

In his remarks at a function organised by the Private and Boarding Schools' Organisation Nepal (PABSON) in Kathmandu on Monday, the prime minister said that private schools should not be forced into such a transition but instead focus on providing quality education as a social service.

He emphasised that while private schools play a crucial role in the country's education system, their primary goal should not be profit generation. "Education is something more than a business. This is not like an IT c...