The activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (AVBP) organised a protest against the hegemony of the private school owners at the office of district education officer (DEO) here on Monday.
A delegation of the organisation led by its convenor, Paras Goyal met the DEO and handed over a memorandum to him. Goyal said that the state government should implement a fee regulation act to stop open loot of the private schools.
He said that the private schools should adopt a transparent system of admission and inform people about the number of vacant seats they have in each class.
Goyal said that the private schools are charging development fee and registration fees every year which is creating problems to the parents.
He said that there is a nexus between the private publishers and the schools due to which parents are forced to purchase textbooks at very high rates. The ABVP leader said that on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the system of providing scholarships should start in the schools of ICSE board.
He demanded that the schools governed by the missionaries should also be included under the Right to Education (RTE).
He warned that if the hegemony and open loot of private schools is not controlled then the ABVP would be forced to start a massive agitation.
The delegation also included Himanshu Kumar, Mohan Prasad, Vipin Bhatt and others.