Kathmandu, May 18 -- long discussions and deliberations over the School Education Bill, a subpanel under the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to agree on a modality for regulating private schools.

While cross-party lawmakers are at the same point that private schools cannot be left profit-oriented, as the constitution mandates free and compulsory school education, they have not found a consensus on how to regulate them. Though most members of the CPN-UML's Chhabilal Bishwakarma-led panel had floated the idea of converting private schools into trusts, no agreement was reached.

"Our panel will submit the report to the full committee tomorrow [Sunday], leaving it to decide th...