Gujarat: Self-finance faculties need steerage on college students who haven’t paid charges in 2020-’21

The Self-Finance School Management Association (SFSMA) of Gujarat has written to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama requesting them to information on motion to be taken about college students who’re promoted however haven’t paid the charges for a yr or extra.
In the letter despatched on Thursday, the affiliation talked about that because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the state authorities had determined to mass-promote college students from Classes 1 to 12. However, many dad and mom haven’t paid the charges of the educational yr 2020-’21 to the colleges that had given 25 per cent concession following a Gujarat High Court order. Apart from this, the colleges have additionally given extra relaxations to oldsters who had been in dire straits because of the pandemic, the affiliation stated.
The letter stated, “The only source of income of self-finance schools is fees collected from the students. From the fees, schools authorities give salaries to teaching and non-teaching staff, do maintenance works, pay electricity bills and taxes… There are several students who have not paid the school fees for 2020-’21. The Government should guide or issue notification on how to collect fees of such students as the new academic year is starting from June 7…”

“There are some parents who are out of contact… there are others whose children are not attending online classes and have not paid the fees… The SFSMA is in bad state… Need guidance on what to be done if parents of students who have not paid their fees come to take school leaving certificate,” the letter added.
Talking to The Indian Express, SFSMA spokesperson, Dr Dipak Rajyaguru, stated, “There are around 600 self-finance schools in Surat and around 1,600 across the state. Around 40 per cent students have not paid the fees of 2020-21… We want that government to guide us and declare a relief package for SFSMA.”