Kathmandu, May 21 -- The Nepal Teachers' Federation has expressed serious reservations over the School Education Bill passed by a parliamentary subcommittee and warned of stern protests if the bill is not revised by the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives.

The umbrella body of school teachers, which had staged a month-long Kathmandu-centric protest demanding the School Education Act, said the bill does not respect the teachers' movement and past agreements.

A subcommittee of the Education Committee of the House on Sunday submitted its report resolving most of the disputed issues in the bill. Except for the modality to regulate private (institutional) schools and management of Early Chil...