Fee woes: Parents turn to KSCPCR after schools prevents students from appearing for exams
The Hindu
KSCPCR has received around 25 complaints against private schools
The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has received around 25 complaints against private school managements who are allegedly not allowing students to sit for online examinations as their parents have not paid the fees in full for the 2020-21 academic year. Fr. Antony Sebastian, Chairperson of the Commission, said that a majority of complaints were against private schools in Bengaluru. The number, however, is not a reflection of how pervasive the problem is, as a majority of parents are wary of lodging complaints against school managements for fear of exacerbating the problem, said members of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA). “Many parents are not willing to come forward to lodge complaints against schools as they do not want their children to be reprimanded or targeted in the classroom,” said Rudresh S., who is the president of a PTA in south Bengaluru.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
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