PABSON, an umbrella organization of institutional schools in Nepal, declared that its member schools would not accept a proposed cooperative model for school management. The Nepalese government aims to introduce the cooperative model through amendments to education acts to increase financial transparency. However, PABSON argues that schools have successfully operated as companies under the Company Act and the decision about school operations should be left to their owners.

1. PABSON objects to co-operative model for institutional schools
Private and Boarding Schools Organisation Nepal, umbrella organisation of institutional schools,
today declared that it was not going to accept co-operative model for institutional school.
The government has been trying to introduce co-operative model for institutional schools
through an amendment to education act. According to government officials, the main aim behind
bringing the new provision to change the modality of school was financial transparency.
Currently, the institutional schools are registered under Company Act. Under Company Act,
private schools are properties of individuals but in co-operative model, an institutional school
needs to have shares of minimum 25 persons.
Speaking at a press meet today to publicise the decision of the fourth full quorum meeting of
PABSON central committee held recently, Lachhe Bahadur KC, President, PABSON, said that
the schools have been running under Company Act as companies and this should continue
further.
“The decision of changing the modality of school should be left to the owners of the schools,” he
said. Rajendra Baniya, Acting General secretary, PABSON, said that it was difficult to
implement cooperative model in education.