Taking tough steps against the arbitrary conduct of private schools and abnormally hiking their fees, Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Rai MP Ray asked them not increase the fee by 15 percent annually.
According to the Supreme Court’s directive, schools can increase annually only 15 percent in their fees, he said.
Today Rai hold a meeting with the school authorities and directed them to install a notice board in their schools mentioned with the names and mobile numbers of DC, SDO, DSE, DEO including the principal of the school.
Rai also asked the school representatives to make it sure that school management would not issue any order to the students asking them to purchase books, copies, shoes as well as uniforms from a certain shop.
DC also ordered them to use the textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in all the classes from the academic year 2017-18. He also asked them to submit a letter in writing in this concern so that books can be made that available on time.
Schools could not put pressure on parents to purchase costlier textbooks of private publishers.
The CBSE has also instructed all the schools affiliated to it to use NCERT books and the district education department on move to ensure its proper implementation to bring relief to the parents.
Meanwhile, the nodal officer of RTE cell has already served letters to all public schools across the district. The parents are also being asked to inform the RTE cell if any school forces them to purchase books of private publishers, said an official.