The open loot of the private schools has started meeting public resistance. On Thursday, a delegation of Uttarakhand Parents ‘Association handed over a protest letter to the Primary Education Secretary.
The association accused the St Stephen’s School located at Turner Road for charging Rs 300 for issuing transfer certificate (TC). One S Rehman complained that his son who is a Class VI student of the school was mentally harassed and failed by the school authorities.
When the association protested against the unlawful act the school authorities agreed to pass the student on condition of issuing the TC. Rehman said the school charged Rs 300 for TC, a copy of which he provided to the Parents Association. The Parents Association also complained that the Heritage School of the city hiked the fees every year. The school increased the fee by about 20 per cent this year also.
In an another show of protest against the private schools, prominent student leader Swati Negi met the district Magistrate on Thursday and demanded that action should be taken against these schools as they are causing revenue loss to the Government.
She claimed that the schools were selling stationery and uniforms from their premises and parents were not provided any receipts. Negi accused the schools of violations of sales tax and causing huge revenue loss to the state.