AUPA delegation meets Chief Education Officer

A delegation of All Uttarakhand Parent’s Association met the Chief Education Officer of Dehradun SP Khali on Monday and gave written complaints against some of the private schools. The delegation led by the State president of the association Neeraj Singhal told the Chief Education Officer that parents of Gautam International School are being unnecessarily harassed as the school has imposed a huge hike in annual charges. 

The school has also increased the other fees also. The delegation claimed that the clarification submitted by the management of Shivani Memorial to the Chief Education Officer, on the complaint of association, is not factually correct. The association said that the school is wrongly claiming that fees were increased only 11.98 timed and it has constituted Parent Teacher Association (PTA). 

Singhal said that the school actually hiked the fees by 14 per cent. Singhal told Chief Education Officer that the education department has banned the management of Saint Marry School from charging building fees from the students as it was illegal. He demanded that the school should refund the fee of `5,000 it has already taken from the parents. 

The association also demanded that the management of SGGR public school should be ordered to constitute a PTA in the schools.  The delegation consisted of the office bearers of parents association of different schools of the city.