Parents allege school of withholding results over unpaid fees
Updated: May 2nd, 2024
Vadodara RTE parents protest |
Parents and guardians of students studying under the Right to Education (RTE) at Shreyas School in Vadodara’s Bagikhana area staged a protest today, alleging that they are being charged a hefty additional activity fee.
A demonstration was organised by the ‘All Gujarat Vali Mandal’ (an organisation of students’ parents) outside the school, along with the parents.
They levied allegations against the school, stating that no other fee can be charged to students studying under RTE. Despite this, the school is pressuring them to pay ₹6,000 per year as activity and smart class fees. It is also withholding the results of students who fail to do so, the protestors alleged.
“We cannot afford to pay such fees,” the group alleged.
School principal, on the other hand, said, “A meeting was called with the parents and a proposal was placed before them for activity fees, over which they had agreed. Despite this, 10 to 15 parents later refused to pay the fee.”
“They were only under the temperament to wage a fight. We have already given the first-term results to the students who have not paid these fees, and the annual exam results are also to be given today. A separate list for them was to be made. But the parents were enraged,” she said.
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