A delegation of All Uttarakhand Parents Association (AUPA) met the district magistrate of Dehradun on Tuesday and demanded that action against the management of the Aryan School, Mussoorie diversion road for charging money in the name of Founder’s Day. The President of the association, Neeraj Singhal said that the school management had released a circular on July 27 in which it has asked the parents to deposit a sum of Rs 4250 for celebration of founder’s day.
He said that the school is affiliated with the ICSE board and is given No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the district administration. Singhal claimed that in the rules of the NOC mandate that the schools should follow norms laid down in the board concerned and that of state. He informed that there is no mention of founder’s day fees and the annual function fees in the norms set up for these schools. The AUPA is of the view that the schools are eligible to charge fees under the relevant heads only and the money charged by the schools apart from these relevant heads is illegal.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to the DM and demanded that the administration should take note of the issue and take stern action against the school for charging the founder’s day fees. The AUPA also handed over the circular of The Aryan School to the DM.
The delegation included General Secretary of AUPA Sudesh Uniyal, Arif Khan, Deep Chand Verma, Navin lingwal, Seema Thapa, Neetu Negi and others.