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ISHTIYAQ AHMAD
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Sept 1: Private schools asking students to deposit at least 50% of the transport fee have left parents fuming.
After the outbreak of the Covid- 19 pandemic schools were closed in March and since then these institutions continue to remain shut.
Many parents said that besides paying tuition fees they are being forced to pay the half bus fee.
They said that since the day the pandemic has broken out, managements of the private schools have been playing a “victim card.” “In these months many teachers have been laid off and the salary has been slashed despite these institutions collecting the tuition fee,” the parents said.
An owner of the private school said, “We have not sacked the drivers. Besides teachers we are paying the salaries of the non-teaching staff also.” He said that schools take printing charges for various purposes since the day institutions have been closed study material is being provided to the students through different modes, these modes also include printed material.
Parents said that the government should take a note of how these schools are “minting money” on the name of providing education. “It seems that authorities too have given a freehand to the managements of these schools and are allowing them to do whatever they like.”
They said, “The uncertainty which has prevailed during the past one year has led to many people losing their businesses and jobs, despite that parents have continued to pay the school fee of their children. But these schools have not given any relaxation. The government had passed clear instructions that only the tuition fee should be charged but many institutions have not followed these directions.”
Parents said that they have been raising this issue for a long time now but “no one seems interested” to address it.
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