Tribune India: Ludhiana: Friday,
24 July 2020.
The
protest was held against 15 schools which have failed to submit their annual
reports as per Section 19 of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided
Educational Institutions Act, 2016, and Rule7 of the Punjab State Regulation of
Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Rules, 2017, with the competent
authority for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. These include leading schools in the
city.
To
regulate the fee of unaided educational institutions, the state government
passed the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act,
2016, and the Punjab State Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions,
Rules, 2017, after the intervention of the High Court in a public interest
litigation filed through Rohit Sabharwal.
As per
Section 19 of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions
Act, 2016, every unaided educational institution shall prepare its annual
report by a qualified chartered accountant, giving full account of its fees
received during the previous academic year, and forward a copy thereof to the
regulatory body.
An RTI
filed by the activist reveals that 15 leading schools failed to submit their
annual reports (Form D) for 2017-18 and 2018 19 with the competent authority.
Here it seems that there could be a huge embezzlement in the accounts of school
fees, alleged Sabharwal.
The
Office of the Divisional Commissioner, Patiala, was bound to impose penalties
and cancel their affiliations (as the case may be) of these schools for not
submitting their annual reports. However, the Office of the Divisional
Commissioner failed to take any action against the schools for understandable
reasons.
Sabharwal
alleged that the Office of the Divisional Commissioner was working hand in
glove with the schools and it was the reason they failed to take action against
them as per the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions
Act. — TNS
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