Nagpur: The education department has warned a city CBSE school to resume online classes for all students, as stopping them due to non-payment of fees by some parents is not allowed.
District education officer Chintaman Vanjari directed the school to reply within seven days about the status of the issue.
Vanjari also warned of revoking NOC of the school if it failed to comply.
A parent from the school said, “We asked the school to give us EMI facility for payment.
We are ready to pay 75% of the fee and for the rest, we told them to wait till the government takes a call.” The CBSE school had put online classes on hold for all students after about 700 parents did not pay fees.
Sources in the school said some of the pending fees is from pre-Covid period.
Similar cases of tussle between schools and parents have been reported from throughout the state, since last year.
Some have approached courts, while some matters remain at the education department’s level.
The state government itself had admitted that education officials face problems in implementing rules on the ground due to technical issues, hence views from stakeholders were being sought on what changes are needed to be made to the existing process.