Haryana Directorate of Education sought this information from private schools, parents were upset
Chandigarh. All the parents of the state are upset due to an action taken by the Directorate of Education, Haryana. The parents have made allegations of nexus after this step of the government. The Directorate of Education, Haryana has sent a letter to all private schools asking for details on Form-6 regarding fees to be charged in the upcoming academic session, facilities to be given to students, salary to be given to teachers, etc. At the same time, the last date for sending correct information in all the columns of Form 6 has been kept on February 15. On this, the teachers say that more than half the admissions have been done till the month of January and the fees have been collected while the government is now asking the schools that how much fees will they charge?
Haryana Parent Ekta Manch alleges that all private schools have made new admissions for primary classes, nursery, KG, LKG and other classes for the upcoming education session starting from 1 April 2023 and are asking parents for the upcoming education session. I have collected the increased tuition, admission fees etc. in advance four months in advance. In such a situation, asking the details of proposed fees and funds on Form 6 by the Director of Education is throwing dust in the eyes of the students and parents.
State President of the forum, Advocate OP Sharma, State General Secretary Kailash Sharma have said that after checking the details of the proposed fees and funds given on Form-6 and all other information, only after getting the approval from the Director of Education, the school director will take the next step. Fees can be increased in the education session, but school managers are violating this rule for the last several education sessions. Patron Subhash Lamba alleged that Form 6 is a legal license given by the government to school operators to increase fees. Write anything on Form 6 by the school, that is correct. There is no investigation, no audit of the schools, no scrutiny of the accounts of the schools.
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9880 private schools in Haryana..
State General Secretary Kailash Sharma and Legal Advisor Advocate VS Virdi have said that there are a total of 9880 private schools in the state. Of these, there are 3134 senior secondary, 2061 high, 3439 middle and 1237 primary schools. All these schools have to submit Form-6 to the directorate by the prescribed date before increasing the fees. Not only this, the school which does not submit Form-6 by the due date, that school cannot increase the fees in the next academic session. Most of the schools do not submit Form 6 at all, those who submit it have incomplete information.
Parents have complained many times
The forum informed the Chief Minister, the Education Minister, the Education Secretary, the Director and even the Board Commissioner in each division to control and monitor the fees and funds taken by the schools, with evidence of these illegal activities of the schools. Has been given to the Fees and Funds Regulatory Committee (FFRC) formed. Apart from this, the audit report and balance sheet of the last 5 years of the schools have also been sent to the education secretary and chairman FFRC, in which the schools have been shown in profit, even after that they increased the fees, but the government has not taken any appropriate action on the letters and evidence of the platform. Didn’t.
Parents will go to High Court
Manch’s State President Advocate OP Sharma has said that if the government does not take action, the Manch will now approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take appropriate action against the guilty school managers. In which Education Minister, Education Secretary, Education Director and Chairman FFRC will also be made party. The forum has asked the parents to unite and raise their voice against the arbitrariness of the schools and the protection being given by the public representatives to the school operators.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 03, 2023, 12:52 IST