Nagpur: Around 300 schools in Nagpur can stop online classes on July 4-5 to protest what they know is “statelashiness” for cost problems.
The RTE Foundation, associations that mainly raise problems related to budget schools in Maharashtra, have also planned protests at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan in the same days.
Sachin Kalbande, Founder-President Association, said, “Our members of various districts in the state will be part of protests in Mumbai and their schools will remain closed in solidarity.
In Nagpur Regency, around 300 school members will still close on Monday and Tuesday.
“Kalbande alleged that the government stung from his duties of both, parents and schools.
“In my letter to the Ministry of Education I will quote the order of the 2010 Supreme Court where clearly mentioned that providing education is the responsibility of the state government.
Now parents cannot or do not want to pay fees, the state government must step to clean their contributions,” Kalbande said.
He based his argument about RTE’s replacement norm.
“Just as the government replaces the US for free receipts under the RTE quota, the same thing must be done for all students.
Budget schools barely charge anything, so we are the worst hit.
We are not like a large brand school at a decent cost and infrastructure Luxury sitting on a pile of cash, “Kalbande said.
He added that friction between schools, parents and the Ministry of Education will continue to increase unless the government intervenes with policy changes.
“We are in very bad financial conditions that except the state to solve the cost problem, many must be closed.
If thousands of our budget schools are closed above Maharashtra, where students will leave.
Does the government have the capacity to absorb so many students in their school? “Kalbande said.
The Cold Letter War between the Ministry of Education and Schools also increased – something rare before.
Until now, schools will hardly be involved with the Ministry of Education in a fierce way.
TOI was shown by two separate schools that responded to the notification of the Ministry of Education on the cost problem.
Both schools, one of them is affiliated with CBSE, against all accusations aggressively.
One school said that it gave parents a few months to approach them and show evidence of their financial inability to pay fees, but than more than 500 parents only 20-strange came.
A Budget School Trustee said, “Our school collects an average RS25,000 per year.
With low cost recovery, it will be difficult to pay salaries and continue the operation.
Don’t be surprised if the school starts to die from Diwali and so on.”