The Times of India: Ahmedabad: Friday, December 07, 2012.
Parents of
students studying in Pallavi Vidyalaya in Paldi staged a protest at the
District Education Office (DEO) on Thursday after the school abruptly downed
the shutters post Diwali vacation.
Students of
the school were greeted with a board which said that the schools had been
closed and parents should take the Leaving Certificate and get their children
admitted in another school.
This sudden
downing of shutters angered the parents who staged a protest at DEO premises.
School authorities said that the school was closed at the directives of the DEO
as the school had low number of students.
The school
had only 117 students while six teachers were employed by the school. This was
revealed by a Right To Information ( RTI) application which revealed that the
school had very less number of students to justify the grant given by the state
government. The DEO took action and asked the school to close down. The
teachers were allocated jobs in different schools.
However, the
DEO officials told the parents that they would help the parents take admission
of their wards in any school in Paldi itself. "Parents should contact us
if they face any problem in getting their child admitted in any Paldi school.
We will ensure that justice is done", said a DEO official.
Parents also
said that the school had charged them Rs 1200 fee which was very high since the
school was a grant-in-aid school. "We will inquire into the matter and if
the school has overcharged, the fee will be reimbursed to the parents",
officials said.
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