Source: The Times of India
Several members of various parents’ associations assembled at Samvidhan Chowk on Sunday afternoon to complaint against school fees and demanded that minimum 50% reduction must be done. ‘Thaali bajaao’ agitation was done symbolically to ‘wake up’ authorities, which, the parents claim, have been uninterested by their cause.Over the last one-year, different administrations representing parents have been formed to take up issue related to school fees.Mohd Shahid Sharif, one of the education protesters present there, said, “Recently, the state government has reduced RTE compensations by 50%. I believe it has been done because even government knows that schools are not incurring as much expenses as before. Similarly, we are demanding that a minimum 50% fee reduction must be done by all schools.”
Sandeep Agrawal, who too represents a parent’s group, supposedly that authorities are in cahoots with school managements. “It has become clear that the government administration is serving the interest of private school managements rather than of parents.
We have been raising this issue since a long time and its but natural that fee should be reduced. Also, many schools are forcing parents to buy books from campus, which is illegal,” said Agrawal.
Parents from different schools were present in black attire, to mark their protest visually too. Banners were displayed withAlso read: Parenting amid the pandemic
