{"id":7858,"date":"2020-05-03T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helpkhabar.com\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2020-05-03T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T09:00:16","slug":"national-soft-loan-announced-for-private-schools-that-dont-charge-students-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/?p=7858","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL Soft loan announced for private schools that don\u2019t charge students for a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu,Some private schools don\u2019t have savings to meet their expenses even for a month, say representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The government shall provide soft-loans to private schools that don\u2019t charge their students for a month, officials have announced.<\/div>\n
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The Cabinet decision, made publicon Thursday, said the low- interest loan will be available to schools that can\u2019t meet their expenses without charging students.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cPrivate schools will not charge their students for the month of Chhaitra or Baisakh, except for boarding fees,\u201d\u00a0 said finance minister yubraj khatiwada\u00a0 also the government\u2019s spokesperson. \u201cThe government will provide a soft loan to a school if it has problems managing its expenditure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the education ministry last month directed schools to waive a month\u2019s, they have been reluctant to implement the decision saying the measure was announced without consulting them.<\/p>\n

The decision to waive school fees was part of the government’s relief package to households hit hard by the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Ritu Raj Sapkota, chairperson of National Private and Boarding Schools\u2019 Association Nepal, said the fee schools charge students is the only source of income for them. It is therefore necessary that the government makes such decisions after proper consultations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnnouncing soft loans alone is not sufficient. There must be clarity on whether schools need collateral for such loans, and the pay-back modality,\u201d he told the Post. He said hundreds of schools don\u2019t have savings to manage expenses even for a month.<\/p>\n

<\/ins><\/ins><\/ins>Sapkota said the government needs to decide keeping every kind of school in mind.<\/p>\n

Around 8,000 private schools are in operation across the country. Education ministry figures show that of the 7 million schoolgoers across the country, 1.4 million attend private schools.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu,Some private schools don\u2019t have savings to meet their expenses even for a month, say representatives. The government shall provide soft-loans to private schools that don\u2019t charge their students for a month, officials have announced. The Cabinet decision, made publicon Thursday, said the low- interest loan will be available to schools that can\u2019t meet their expenses without charging students. \u201cPrivate schools will not charge their students for the month of Chhaitra or Baisakh, except for boarding fees,\u201d\u00a0 said finance minister yubraj khatiwada\u00a0 also the government\u2019s spokesperson. \u201cThe government will provide a soft loan to a school if it has problems managing its expenditure.\u201d Although the education ministry last month directed schools to waive a month\u2019s, they have been reluctant to implement the decision saying the measure was announced without consulting them. The decision to waive school fees was part of the government’s relief package to households hit hard by the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19. Ritu Raj Sapkota, chairperson of National Private and Boarding Schools\u2019 Association Nepal, said the fee schools charge students is the only source of income for them. It is therefore necessary that the government makes such decisions after proper consultations. \u201cAnnouncing soft loans…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7860,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions\/7860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcomekhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}