KATHMANDU: Various organisations of private schools have urged the government to reconsider about its announcement to implement a three-percent equity tax in the education sector.

The Private and Boarding Schools’ Organisation, Nepal ( PABSON), the Higher Institutions and Secondary Schools’ Association Nepal (HISSAN), the National Private and School Association (NPABSAN) and the Association of Pre-School Educators Nepal (APEN) have made this call to the government.

At a press meet organised here today, they argued the tax is not practical and justifiable.

These organisations demanded the government that it guaranteed the educational loan up to Rs one million for private schools, and consult stakeholders concerned while deciding on policy issues regarding public holidays and the educational calendar (tenth amendment), among others.