Dehradun District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam has appealed to parents to register their public schools related grievances including hike in tuition fee, charging fee for releasing transfer certificate, dropping students who are studying in Classes I-VIII, and others on his email-id dm-deh-ua@nic.in. He also assured them strict action would be surely taken against school authorities.
Purushottam said that apart from lodging their complaints on the above e-mail id address, parents can also register their complaints against public schools related to aforesaid issues by dialing on toll free number: - 18002582581. He advised the parents to submit their written complaints to the DM's office and action will be taken accordingly within stipulated time.
According to him, it has been learn that parents and students’ unions are protesting outside the campus of public schools in support of above demands which lead to disruption of educational atmosphere there.
Following this, he has directed to the parents and unions to conduct their demonstrations related to public schools in the collectorate campus. “No one will be allowed to protest against public schools outside its campus,” he warned.
Moreover, to express solidarity with parents’ complaint against public schools related to failing the students studying in Classes between I-VIII , National Students Union of India (NSUI) activists led by its member Sandeep Kumar staged a protest outside the campus of St Jude’s School and raised slogans against the management. Kumar alleged that most of the public schools have hiked its tuition fee by 15-20 per cent. Students who are studying in Classes I-VIII are failed by school management, which is the clear violation of Right to Education Act.
Apart from this, schools instruct the students to purchase text books and uniforms from prescribed shops and charging fee for releasing transfer certificate.
Kumar warned that the union will intensify its protests across the state unless their demands are met soon.