Dehradun’s Chief Education Officer today dismissed the allegation that she favoured the school management in matters of the complaints filed by the parents against schools.
Responding today to various allegations levelled by some parents and associations that the chief education officer (CEO) of Dehradun Asha Rani Painuly favours the school management over the complaints of parents against them, Painuly said that she takes every decision on case to case basis taking its full authenticity into consideration.
Since the schools have started to provide e-classes to students as a measure to contain spread of Covid-19 among students and the school staff, several parents have lodged their complaints to the district education office regarding the issues like pressure from schools to deposit school fees, matters of overcharging of the fees and certain schools not providing proper classes to students.
Painuly said that she takes cognizance of every complaint she receives and investigates both the sides thoroughly before making any decision. She said that she has sent several notices to those private schools that were found to be violating the rules set by the State Government. However, many parents and associations have accused Painuly of being biased towards the school management. A parents association even recently stated that they are planning to file a case against CEO as according to them, Painuly allegedly ignored the welfare of students and supported some private schools that purportedly exploited parents during the Covid-19 pandemic.Responding to such allegations, Painuly said that she is not biased towards anyone but rather than going by one side of the matter, she enquires and listens to both the parties.