Parents from 22 States under different forums on Sunday held a rally from the India Gate to the Rastrapati Bhavan in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum to the President demanding implementation of Regulation Act for the private schools in the country.
The parents alleged that the private schools in the different States are exploiting parents in guise of quality education. They also said that even if different parents’ forums are demanding the State Governments to implement the same but to no avail.
The parents threatened that if the law is not implemented to regulate the private schools in the country, over a lakh of parents from across the country would hold a demonstration in New Delhi and create a situation like the Emergency of 1975.
Dr Gagan Bihari Rout, Sanjukta Panigrahi, Satyasis Swain and other members of the Odisha Parent Associations' Forum (OPAF) took part in the national-level stir and presented their demands.
In this context, the OPAF on Tuesday would submit a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, informed OPAF vice president Madhusudan Biswal.