, July 14 -- The government currently has no plan to nationalise private primary schools, Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon told Parliament on Tuesday.

"The government has no plan at present to nationalise private primary schools. If a decision is taken in the future in this regard, private primary schools will be considered," he said while replying to a scripted question from Opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Md Abdul Wares (Gaibandha-5) in the House.

The parliamentary session resumed at 3pm with Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal in the chair.

Abdul Wares in his question said there are currently 53,038 private primary schools in the country and wanted to know the schools would be nationalised.

In reply to another scripted que...