Kathmandu, Mar. 30:Private school operators today said that they suffered due to lack of clarity in matters of investment and ownership and demanded that the government take initiatives to give this sector a certain direction.

The government has failed to define investment and ownership criteria of the private schools despite Private and Boarding Schools’ Organisation Nepal (PABSON)’s repeated appeals in the past, Central PABSON president Rajesh Khadka told a press conference here this afternoon. “We demand that the government implement the suggestions forwarded by Dr. Tirtha Khaniya led Advisroy Council constituted in 2055 B. S,” Khadka told the press meet organised to make public the resolutions taken by the Fourth Special National Convention of PABSON held in Lalitpur recently.

The convention passed an eleven-point resolution that, among others, demands the government allow the concerned schools to conduct the exams of class five and eight that is currently conducted by the District Education Office as level termination exams. “This is impractical and unscientific,” Khadka said.

The resolution says that the present academic calendar too is unscientific and proposes that the academic year should begin in mid-April.

Besides, it calls for serious consideration on part of the government in matter of registration, operation and management of the private schools.

Established nine years ago, PABSON has over 4000 private schools under its umbrella. There are about 7,500 private schools nation-wide covering about 35 per cent of the demand of school education.