A team of the education department raided three private schools of the city on Wednesday. The raids were conducted in wake of many complaints of the parents received at the complaints counter of the department.
On Wednesday a team of education department officials headed by the Chief Education Officer (CEO) SP Khali raided the Jaswant Modern School, Doon Cambridge School and Majra based Children Modern Academy.
The Block Education Officer (BEO) UD Goswami who was with the team told The Pioneer that 17 students of the Jaswant Modern School were asked to appear in a retest in exchange for Rs 200 each. Interestingly all these students belonged to classes VI and VII and as per the rules of RTE schools can not fail them.
The education department team asked the school to immediately stop the test and refund the fees charged in the name of the retest. Goswami said that similar complaint was received against Children Modern Academy where two students below the class VIII were detained.
He said the school authorities were strictly told to pass the students unconditionally. In the Doon Cambridge School failed class IX students were asked to deposit Rs 1,250 for retest, the team asked the school to refund the unjustified fees charged by them. The student’s wing of the Congress party National Student Union of India (NSUI) also staged a protest before Jaswant Modern Academy and Doon Cambridge Schools for violating the provisions of RTE.