State director, public instruction (DPI) Jitendra Shukla on Wednesday instructed district education officers all the districts across the state, to ascertain that private schools do not pressurise parents to deposit school fees during the lockdown.
In a circular to the district education officers, Shukla said complaints have been brought before the DPI, saying that some of the schools have given an ultimatum to parents to deposit the school fee during the lockdown.
The directive to the DEOs has come as a relief to the parents as it had clearly mentioned that the private schools cannot pressurise them for depositing the fees during this crucial time, when the state is facing the coronavirus pandemic.
Not only in the capital but schools in a number of district headquarters, were reportedly demanding the fees and the parents were troubled as to how they could deposit the fees when they are facing a crucial time.
Notable, since March 12, all the schools in state have been shut in following an order issued by the state government keeping in view the possibility of spread of the contagious disease of coronavirus among school children.