Private schools, especially those who serve students from low-income groups in rural areas in coastal districts, are financially attached due to rigorous pandemic and government regulations.
Management of low-budget schools says other closure – maybe for the possibility of the third wave – will be the last straw.
They said the biggest problem was a bad cost collection because it was, they could not pay their staff.
Another reason includes the delay in replacing RTE and strict update rules.
“Because parents do not pay a timely fee, the staff are at the recipient’s tip,” said Moosabba P Beary, Vice President, the Association of English Middle School, District of Dakshina Kannada.
This district has around 300 English high schools.
“Some schools have not paid salaries to staff since the pandemic who was beaten and the teacher was forced to be a coarse job to run their family.
Some of the relatively new schools were on the verge of bankruptcy,” Beary said.
Beary said by ordering a school to cut 30% and warn management not force parents to pay, the government was unfair for private schools.
“If there is another wave of infection and locking, many schools must be closed for good,” he said.
Vittal Rasheed from the UKKuda Public School in Vittal said the government has increased update regulations from 30 to 52.
Some of them include obtaining fire licenses and PWD licenses, child security certificates and child security certificates.
“Each license or certificate is equipped with a cost.
How does the cashstalped school pay when they can’t even pay their staff?” Vittal said.
“In addition, only a few schools have received half of the total replacement of RTE.” Other stakeholders say that the government can start offline classes for LKG to assess five phases.
“Children must be allowed to come to campus three weeks,” he said.
When contacted, Malleswamy, Ddpi DK, said there was no school asking for closing so far.