Schools, parents in a tussle over fee structure
The Hindu
Parents say they are finding it difficult to pay as they have faced financial crunch during second wave
School managements and parents are involved in a tussle over the fee structure for the 2021–22 academic year. While school managements are charging a higher fee when compared with that collected in the year when the pandemic hit, parents say they are finding it difficult to pay as they have faced salary cuts or financial losses during the second wave of COVID-19. Sumana S., mother of a class nine student who studies in a CBSE-affiliated school, said she had not paid the complete fee for the previous academic year. “While our daughter has been promoted to the next grade, she has not got her marks and her report card,” she said. Another parent, Harish K., whose sons study in a school in north Bengaluru, said he did not want to pay the fee this academic year till the High Court passes an order on the fee structure. “We paid the full fee of the last academic year and were told that we will get a 30% refund on the tuition fee, but the management refused to refund. So we will pay only once the matter is resolved.”More Related News