Ahmedabad: Lalita Solanki, Domestic Assistance in the Gomtipur area, recently shifted her two daughters – Priyanka, a grade 6 student, and Vandana, a grade 5 student – from Nalanda Prathmik Shala, a private school, and made them accepted in the government of Shahibaugh Shala Number-6.
“The work has been restricted because the bungalow owners are afraid to hire a lot of domestic help covel the risk of Covid-19.
At times like that, I can’t afford the monthly school fees of Rs 1,800 for my two girls.
I have shifted them to a government school because of medium education Online, “said Lalita.
Since Covid-19 crashed into the country in March 2020, a large Lakh school child in Gujarat had left a private school and received a ticket in government or school schools assisted by the government.
In accordance with data managed by the State Education Department, 2.82 Lakh students leave private schools and receive government entrance tickets or grant schools at 2020-21.
In 2021-22 which saw the country rolls under the second wave of killers, 2.27 Lakh students shifted to government schools until August this year.
Experts say significant changes can be attributed to the financial crisis witnessed through the pandemic and loss of lives and many livelihoods throughout the city and rural areas.
At such times, a large number of parents suddenly felt pinch paid an average of Rs 15,000 to RS 30,000 annual fees in the schools financed themselves, especially when practical physical schools closed all for one and a half years of pandemics.
At school Grant-in-Aid this fee is reduced to Rs 600-900 per year while there are no fees charged in government schools.
Bharat Gajipara, President of the Gujarat Self-Financing School Management Association said that private schools in villages and cities suffered the most.
“The results of family opinion throughout the city, village, and cities are reduced.
The majority of parents quote the lack of funds while removing their ward,” said Gajipara.
Bhaskar Patel, President of the Grant-in-Aid School Management Association of Gujarat said “Many families lost bread winners.
We have witnessed a lot of widows by quoting no money to fund private schools.” Administrator Ahmedabad Corporation Corporationrun School Board Laghdir Desai said that around 8,500 city students have shifted from private schools to AMC schools.
“Free from school, increasing infrastructure and starting English high school has caused changes,” Desai said.