September 15, 2001
Kathmandu: National Private and Boarding Schools’ Association-Nepal (PABSAN) has appealed to all the school owners not to close their schools and hamper the study of children. The organisation of the private schools has also requested to the concerned authorities to create a favourable environment for the unhindered operation of the schools.
The appeal comes ahead of much talked of national convention of Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Free Students’ Union-Revolutionary (ANNFSU-R) beginning September 17 and a rally and mass meeting of the Maoists four days later. The Maoists have reportedly asked the schools to accommodate their activists on the days they are holding these meets in the capital.
The organisation in a press release said it was talking to different parties to reach to a positive conclusion and appealed to the guardians, teachers, students and others to assist it “to resist valiantly the elements who are trying to escalate anarchy in the education sector” and improve this sector.
National PABSAN has also called for working alliance with Private and Boarding Schools’ Organisation-Nepal as well as other agencies related to private and boarding schools to resolve all the problems facing them.