184 submit plaint against school

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 10

For the third day in a row, 184 more parents submitted a written complaint to the Regulatory Body, constituted under the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016, against fee being charged during the lockdown period.

Parents of those studying at Ajit Karam Singh International Public School (AKSIPS), Sector 45, submitted the complaint against the school authorities for charging excessive fee; indulging in profiteering; and commercialisation of education.

Parents stated: “The fee hike for the 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 sessions were arbitrary, unnecessary and illegal because there was no need to generate additional funds to run the institution, as mandated by Section 5 of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016, as extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.”

Jasdeep Kalra, Director, AKSIPS, said: “We have an extremely reasonable fee structure and charge only tuition fee. We have reduced it further as per the government instructions. It’s only a handful of parents who get influenced by troublemakers. Some of the protestors are not even parents of students from our school. A majority of the parents don’t have any issue.”