MUST VIEW : SCHOOL FEES : HT News dt 13.8.11

with thanks : Hindustan Times : link above : dated 13.8.2011

Guru Harkrishan Public School, Hgbd enclave

We have been informed that Guru Harkrishan Public school, Hargobind enclave has reduced the school fees. As instructed by Mr Param jit Singh Sarna, President, DSGMC, they have reduced the fees & intimated all the parents by way of SMS.

We are thankful to the Minister of Education Mr Arvinder singh Lovely as well  Directorate of Education, for this initiative to safeguard the interests of the parents. But it is quite strange that the schools lobby is not in favour of it.

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Parents Say Won't Pay Hiked Fees,Ask Schools To Form PTAs Consult Them Before Raising Tuition Fees

Last year parents held numerous protests against what they called an `unjustified hike' in school fees

To try and rein in rising school fees, parents of students of 30 city schools on Sunday decided not to pay the hiked fees for the new session. Parents gathered at a meeting called by the All India Parents' Association (AIPA) on Sunday, following the latest guidelines issued by the directorate of education (DoE) on April 16. The DoE guidelines now make it mandatory for a school to get the consent of its Parent Teacher Association before the school-managing committee approves any hike in the fee.

According to AIPA, parents will not pay any hike in the fee for the new session, which started this month, unless every school forms a valid PTA and takes its consent before hiking the fee. Schools have invariably increased the fee by 15% to 20% at the start of the session even though such a hike is unnecessary in most cases.

We have now decided to pay the same fee as before and not the hiked amount, said Ashok Aggarwal, national president, AIPA. Aggarwal added, ``Parents of nearly 30 schools were present in the meeting, including Summer Fields School, Kailash Colony; Air force Bal Bharati, Lodhi Road; Green Fields School, Safdarjung Enclave; Ramjas School, Anand Parbat; Sachdeva Public School, Rohini; Vishal Bharti School, Paschim Vihar; Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri and others on Sunday morning which went on for almost two-and-a-half hours. We will make other parents also aware of this decision. DoE's fresh guidelines have given us a legal backing. If schools take any action against the parents, we will move court.

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With thanks : source : Times of India

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