Kathmandu, Jan. 9 -- The High Level Education Commission in its final report has extended the duration for private schools to convert into "trust from company" to 10 years from seven years as proposed in its preliminary report earlier.

Concluding that the operation of private schools in the present form will be against the spirit of the constitution, which ensures free and compulsory education to every citizen, the commission has recommended that they be operated under trusts. This, according to the commission, will stop commercialisation in school education.

The report, to be presented to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday, says the transformation process of private schools from for-profit model to not-for-profit will commence in t...