Parents and schools uncertain about fee collection and payment in Delhi
Lack of guidelines from the Delhi government on fee collection after schools re-opened for students of classes 10 and 12 last week has left parents and schools uncertain. While many schools said they will wait for a government order in this regard, parents of students in some schools claimed to have received messages seeking extra payment.
On Saturday, parents of children studying in a school in Pitampura received messages from school authorities for payment of fees accumulated over the last 10 months. The message read “…since school had reopened from January 18, 2021, we would request parents to cooperate by depositing… the above mentioned charges (annual and development charges) for 2020-2021 in three instalments amounting to INR 6,600 payable in January, February and March 2021.
The head of the school said “We have to take responsibility for our staff. Since the beginning of the lockdown, we have had to lay off 20 drivers, 15 allied staff and some teachers because we have not been able to pay them salaries.”
Parents and schools uncertain about fee collection and payment in Delhi
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