Times of India: Hyderabad: Tuesday, June 06, 2017.
The decision
of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to seek data from private
schools about their fee structure and hike in the recent years has been welcomed
by city parents. They feel that this move will, to some extent, regularise the
otherwise unmonitored fee hike imposed by schools.
They said
that the regulation will have no impact unless implemented properly and the
penalty , for schools found guilty of overcharging and levying hidden costs, is
predetermined."When the ministry of human resource development asked the
CBSE to collect fee and hike details from the school, we were very happy.
But, when we
filed an RTI to know how many schools have submitted the data, we were told
that CBSE does not maintain any such records," said Ashish Naredi,
executive member of the Hyderabad School Parents' Association (HSPA) and added
that there is no point in collecting data if CBSE is not going to take action.
The government should bring out a GO that makes sure that not just CBSE, but
all schools across boards adhere by a regularised fee structure.
If that is
not there, in a few years time, not many parents will be able to afford quality
education," said Satyanarayana V , whose son studies in the sixth
standard.