KATHMANDU, Jan. 30 -- Exploitation of teachers goes unchecked at private schools?

Private schools in Kathmandu have been paying meager salaries to their teachers although they charge their students exorbitant fees, Republica has learnt.

Republica's investigations into a number of schools in the capital show that most of the teachers are receiving only one-third of what their counterparts in public schools make and they are compelled to work eight hours a day, six days a week.

The private schools in question are charging their students several times higher than students in government schools.

Several teachers that Republica interviewed complained that their salary wasn't enough to meet their personal needs, let alone the daily ends of ...