Biratnagar, June 2:

Protesting against the fee hike in private schools, guardians today gheraoed the Morang district education office.

They took the move after some 200 private schools in the district circulated a notice announcing the hike in school fees. Chairperson of the Guardians’ Association Devi Panthi warned of staging fresh protests if the schools did not withdraw the decision to hike fees.