PAPSK accuse private schools of threatening to stop online classes over tuition fee issue

Srinagar: Parents Association of Private Schools Kashmir (PAPSK) Friday said some private schools were threatening the students of stoping online classes if they failed to submit tuition fee of closed months amid Coronavirus crisis.
PAPSK held a silent protest here at a park in Karanagar area against the alleged harassment of private schools.
PAPSK General Secretary, Imtiyaz Ahmad said protest was organized against the lackadaisical attitude of the administration for issuing anti-parents’ order regarding paying of tuition fee during this Pandemic.
The association urged the concerned authorities and lieutenant Governor G C Murmu to intervene and understand the hardships of the parents who are finding it difficult to feed their families during these crisis.
“Since August 2019 schools have remained closed barring a few days in the March, however, parents have been paying all charges since then until the month of March,” Ahmad said.
PAPSK alleged that the private schools management have also charged admission fee this year as well which is against the judgment of Supreme Court and the Fee Fixation Committee (FFC)
“The salaries of the staff is always taken as an excuse by various private schools and they blackmail government emotionally,” they said.
They said that in the year 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019 parents have paid entire school fee irrespective of the fact that the schools remained closed for long, however, this time situation is entirely different.
“Various private schools are continuously texting and calling the parents to deposit the fee. Some schools have even threatened to stop the online classes if the fee is not paid,” they said