Nepal, Sept. 3 -- Since the House of Representatives (HoR)'s Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee endorsed the School Education Bill on August 21 through a majority decision, stakeholders have been staging a series of protests against some of its provisions.

While teachers and private school operators have already taken to the streets on September 1, 17 student organizations also jointly launched protests opposing the Bill. This has forced the School Education Bill to face counter-movements from multiple sides.

The Bill, registered in the HoR on August 22, is scheduled for deliberation on September 10. With public school teachers and private school operators already lobbying hard, the Bill has been caught in a deadloc...