CBSE schools urge govt not to object to collection of fees

Tribune News Service

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Jalandhar, April 18

The CBSE Affiliated Schools Association (CASA) has written a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla clarifying that due to coronavirus lockdown schools are not putting any pressure on parents for fee. The members have also stated that the schools are not running behind making money in this hour of crisis but they are only concerned to give their child the best possible future.

The members said many parents were contacting schools to deposit fee of their children, as they want to avoid the burden of fees on themselves later, in that case the government should have no objection. They said the bookshops were closed due to the lockdown and parents were not able to buy books.

The association has appealed to the government to provide a solution of this problem of parents and children in the present time. Chairman Anil Chopra gave his suggestion to the government that to solve the problem, they should give the responsibility of sending books to parents to an online delivery service. He said no school should earn money in the time of crisis but it was a necessary for the future of the kids.

Apart from this, in another letter sent to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Anil Chopra has sought clarification on how the schools would be in a position to pay salaries to the staff and monthly expenses without collecting fees from the students. “The unaided schools are dependent only on fee to pay salaries and monthly expenses like electricity, water, health, transport, security, housekeeping, sanitation, wi-fi network etc. The state government must formulate a policy made by other states like UP and Haryana in the interest of schools”, he said.