The effort to impart quality and affordable education has been a total failure in the industrial district here, as private institutions are fleecing parents with stiff hike in fees. The district administration behaves as a mute spectator even as the practice is carried out to the chagrin of thousands of parents.
While the education system in Government schools is in limbo due to shortage of teachers, the higher income group prefers sending their wards to private English medium schools. But high fees have been quite taxing.
The lower income group has no alternative than to send their wards to the Government schools as they fail to afford the high costs. Some business concerns have opened up English medium and play schools and are collecting exorbitant fees under various pleas as the Government has no mechanism to control their fee structure.
They are also forcing the parents to take text books from them at high prices. On the other hand, parents do not dare go against them as they want the education of their children to go hassle free. However, sources said aggrieved parents here have decided to stage a protest rally against the attitude of the private institutions soon.