A file photo of parents protesting against schools over demand for fee
‘We will challenge this in court as the department has not considered the plight of budget schools and their financial health’
The Department of Primary and Secondary Education’s decision to allow schools to collect only 70% of the tuition fees charged in the last academic year has not gone down well with private schools. Despite the government saying that fees they will be allowed to collect can cover the salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff, managements say otherwise.
“Many parents have not paid this year’s fee or even last year’s amount. So, if a few parents pay 70% of the tuition fees, it will not be sufficient for us to pay our staff their full salary. The government has not even issued an advisory urging parents who had not paid the fees to clear the dues,” said D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary of the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka.
Schools worry about effectiveness of online classes
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Their concern stems from the semester-end performance of students
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In several schools, many students have not even been able to access online classes, as they do not have the necessary gadgets or stable internet connectivity.
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Their concern stems from the semester-end performance of students
In a year that saw online learning take precedence, several school managements and teachers are a worried lot after evaluating the first term examination answer scripts as they feel that students’ performance is not up to the mark. Teachers say though they used several tools and tried to make online classes during the pandemic more interactive, they feel that students have not grasped the concepts.
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Private schools not on same page over online classes
Private schools not on same page over online classes
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 06:00 IST
While a section of
private schools has asked centres to suspend
online classes, the other section will continue with it. But parents are wary of sending kids to school
A section of private schools have threatened to suspend online classes. Recognised Unaided Private Schools Association (RUPSA) has asked its affiliated members (1,200 schools) to suspend online classes starting from Monday.
Lokesh Talikatte, president, RUPSA, said that his association has decided to suspend online classes as well as shut down