Private schooling may go nonprofit

The central government will need to provide financial support to private schools if a revised law banning them from making a profit is passed, state legislators said on Tuesday.

A draft amendment to the law on private education aims to block schools from profiting from tuition fees for children eligible to receive the country's nine years of compulsory education.

The rule change would mean schools that cater to the children of migrant workers and those from wealthy families would need to be entirely nonprofit enterprises, which some fear could lead to closures.