City schools charging fee from kids who lost parents to Covid

Shivani Bhakoo

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 22

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked schools to provide a list of those students, who lost both their parents to Covid, so that their registration fee could be waived off. There are some schools here in the city, which are charging exorbitant amount from parents under the garb of the registration fee.

Harmit Kaur, Principal Nankana Sahib Public School, said, “For each practical subject, the board is charging Rs150 in addition to approximately Rs1,900, the registration and the migration fee.”

“There is no point of charging more by schools in the name of registration fee of the board. A circular has been issued by the board and we are adhering to it. In fact, the board is not charging any fee from students, who lost both their parents due to the pandemic,” she added.

Neeti, a parent wishing not to be quoted, said she had paid Rs3,500 as the board registration fee for her ward, studying in Class XII. When asked if she had read subject-wise details and bifurcation, the parent said since all were paying without any objection, she also paid the amount.

One of the Principals of a school said, “There is absolutely no check on this issue. As result, several schools are asking for more money under the garb of board registration fee from parents, which is totally unethical and uncalled for. Had there been any check by the board or the authorities concerned, such fleecing could have been curbed.”

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