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| DSE reviews fee structure of private schools | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 22: All the CBSE affiliated schools of Jammu district convened a meeting in the conference Hall of Directorate of School Education, Jammu under the Chairmanship of GA Qureshi, Director, School Education, Jammu to assess the fee structure, sale of books and uniforms in the schools and transportation charges being charged by these schools.
The meeting was attended by M S Baloria, Secretary J&K BOSE, Dr Javed Iqbal Khateeb, Jt Secretary, BOSE, Dr Narupa Rai, Personnel Officer, DSEJ, H R. Pakhroo, A C Aima and S K Gandotra, Joint Directors, Directorate of School Education, Jammu, besides Rakesh Gupta, Joint Director, CAPD, Amar Singh, Jt. Controller, Legal Metrology, Jammu, Jaideep Das,Assistant Commissioner, KVS R.O, D.R Danish President Consumer Protection Organisation, Jammu, Yash Paul Gupta President ACTF Jammu, Director Academics K.C international School Paloura, Vice Principal, Presentation Convent School Jammu, Principal G.D Goenka School Jammu, Principal, JK Public School, Principal Banyan International School, Vice Principal Jodhamal Public School, Principal Heritage School, Representative of MHAC School Nagbani, Principal KC Gurukul Public School Paloura, Principal KC Public School Jammu, A.O DPS Jammu, T. Manager DPS Jammu, Administrator, DPS Jammu and Principal JP World School Jammu. Director School Education informed the participants that complaints' are pouring from general public, Public representatives and State Consumer Council that the private schools are charging exorbitant fee and resorting to selling of course books, notebooks and uniforms from their premises on higher rates and that all the stakeholders in this regard have shown a great concern which has necessitated the convening of this meeting so that the issues involved are discussed and some headway is made. The private schools were asked to justify the fee structure being charged by them and they were also asked to immediately notify the fee structure in the print media as well it should be displayed on the notice board. They were asked to follow SRO-123 in letter and spirit and adhere to the instructions of the government in this regard and take parents association into confidence.It was further impressed upon the schools to charge the admission fee only once on the enrolment / admission of the child, not to revise the fee in the mid-session and not to charge the fee for the items which they are not making properly available in their schools. Similarly the charges of registration fee, medical fee development fee should have sufficient justification before these are charged. Schools were also asked to arrange suitable buses as has been prescribed for the transportation of students. Upon deliberating the issue of engagement of teaching staff the schools were requested to engage highly qualified staff and it should be ensured that the teachers engaged in the schools do not leave the school during the session.
Private players were instructed to provide the detail of the fee structure charged for the last three years. In the end the Director School Education, Jammu said that commercialization of education should be avoided at any cost as education is very pious services which they are rendering to the future generation. |
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