Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Even after more than a month’s time, 438 schools of Gujarat are yet to respond to the new fee Act, either accepting the new set fee standards or demanding to revise the standards to a higher end. Following the same, parents are on a dharna outside Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad.

The first argument was likely to have taken place today on the petition against the act in Gujarat High Court.

The Ahmedabad zone that covers 10 districts, earlier this week, had directed the coordinator, District Education Officer (DEO) Navneet Mehta, to issue notices to erring schools that had neither responded in any form nor appealed to the Gujarat HC.

While many parents do not have a clear idea about the exact fees, some schools have asked them to pay the first installment for this year. District Education Officer M L Ratnu has commented,“There are around 400 self-finance primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in the district, out of which Vadodara zone FRC has received around 176 applications.” The parents’ association of Vadodara on the other hand, have been representing before the DEO on the fee hikes.

By Rupal