HETAUDA, April 18 -- Raksirang Rural Municipality in Makwanpur district has decided to cut off services and facilities to those families who fail to admit their school-going children to school.
A meeting of the Village Education Committee held on Tuesday made the decision to cut off the services and facilities to those parents who do not enrol their children to schools. The meeting also decided to provide textbooks and uniforms free of cost to children from impoverished families. Raj Kumar Malla, chairman of Raksirang Rural Municipality, said that the meeting has decided to provide free education to those children as well.
A majority of Chepang children in the rural municipality do not go to school because of poverty.
"If parents inform ...