Ahmedabad Mirror: Ahmedabad: Thursday, March 22, 2018.
After
conducting a meeting with more than 10 Parents’ Associations on March 18, 22 parents
on Tuesday filed applications with District Primary Education Office (DPEO)
seeking information from different schools. The parents have sought information
under Right to Information (RTI) Act about audited accounts of schools that
have approached the Supreme Court.
Himanshu
Rohela, a parent whose daughter studies in Class 1 at RP Vasani International
School said, “The fee issue is being unnecessarily extended. Every year schools
submit their expenditure to the DEO, so they already have the details. But they
are still seeking details from schools. FRC can easily work out the fees but
unnecessarily delaying the implementation.”
A total of 22
RTIs were filed on Tuesday seeking audited expenditure of past four years of
various schools. Vali Swaraj Manch has initiated the entire move. Dharmesh
Patel, a parent of Tripada School and convenor of the manch said, “There are
over 100 schools in Ahmedabad that collect exorbitant fees from parents. Of
these, we have sought information under RTI from 22 schools.
The district
education offices already have detailed expenditure of each school but they are
being ignorant. Had they gone through it thoroughly each year, this situation
would not have arisen and the fees wouldn’t have gone up so high.” “The parents
are seeking audited expenses, so that when the schools submit their fee
structure to FRC we get a clarity on what is the basis for them seeking a hike
or such high fees,” Patel added.
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