SCHOOL FEE HIKE - SCHOOLS VIOLATE LAND ALLOTMENT CLAUS

384 UNAIDED SCHOOLS IN DELHI WHICH ARE SITUATED ON PUBLIC LANDS ALLOTTED TO THEM ON CONCESSIONAL RATES ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR HIKING ANY SCHOOL FEE IN TERMS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE LAND ALLOTMENT. HOWEVER, NO SCHOOL IS OBTAINING SUCH PERMISSION BEFORE RESORTING TO FEE HIKE EVERY YEAR.

PRESS RELEASE - PARENTS NOT TO PAY SCHOOL FEE AT HIKED RATES

ALL INDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION
AGARWAL BHAWAN, G.T. KARNAL ROAD, TIS HAZARI DELHI-110054, M: 9811101923

PRESS RELEASE

All India Parents Association (AIPA) (Delhi Unit) in its meeting held today i.e. 08-04-2012 at New Delhi has unanimously condemned the arbitrary fee hike ranging from 10% - 40% by almost all the unaided private schools of Delhi from the academic year commencing from 01-04-2012 despite the fact that there was no need to increase any fee. On the other hand, all the schools are required to reduce the existing fee by at least 50% and returned to the parents the excess fee charged in the previous years.

AIPA (Delhi Unit) has also decided that all the parents of unaided private schools shall not pay hiked fee and other charges to the schools at and would continue to pay fee and other charges at the old rates as prevailing on the 31st March 2012. The parents shall pay the fee and other charges, at the increased rates, only after the schools approach the Directorate of Education/ Justice Anil Dev Singh Committee on Fee Hike and obtain the approval from them on their increased fee structure.
AIPA (Delhi Unit) has further decided to stage a peaceful demonstration in front of the office of the Director of Education sometime in the month of May 2012 to protest against the inaction on the part of the Directorate of Education to take civil and criminal actions against all the erring schools which were indicted by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) in its audit report of 2010 and also to stop arbitrary fee hike by all unaided private schools.

The meeting was chaired by AIPA national president advocate Ashok Agarwal and attended by the parents’ representatives of over 40 unaided private schools. “It is unfortunate that despite Hon’ble Delhi High Courts’ order in favour of the parents on arbitrary fee hike, the schools are flouting the same with impunity and the Directorate of Education instead of taking action against the schools is practically protecting the mighty and the greedy managements of the unaided private schools. All the parents have to unite and fight against such injustice in order to check the menace of commercialization of education,” said advocate Ashok Agarwal.

I.S.GAMBHIR
President AIPA Delhi Unit
9810133325
DATED: 08 April 2012

RICH SCHOOLS ARE POOR

POOR WIDOW AND HER SON COULD NOT SUSTAIN THEIR FIGHT ANY MORE AGAINST THE MIGHTY AND THE GREEDY UNAIDED PRIVATE SCHOOL, NAMELY, GURU HARKISHAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, INDIA GATE DESPITE HAVING BEST LEGAL HELP AND THE HIGH COURT ORDERS IN THEIR FAVOUR. DUE TO INABILITY TO PAY SCHOOL FEES, THEY WERE CONTINUOUSLY FACING HUMILIATION. ULTIMATELY, THE MOTHER TOOK TRANSFER CERTIFICATE IN ORDER TO GET HER SON ADMITTED IN A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL IN CLASS IX.

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MOCKERY OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION - Delhi Govt Schools deny admission to 4+yrs age children in pre-primary class

Delhi Government school, namely, Govt Sarvodyaya Boys/Girls School, Patpar Ganj, Delhi-110091 has denied admissions to as many as 15 students of 4+ years age in pre-primary class in the academic year 2012-13 on the alleged ground that school has no permission to admit more than 40 children. It is only a sample. The same thing is happening in all the Delhi Government Sarvodyaya Schools. It is submitted that such denial of admission is not only unconstitutional, arbitrary, discriminatory, violative of Articles 14 (right to equality), 21 (right to life with dignity), 21-A (right to education) and Article 38 (right to social justice) of the Constitution of India but also in violation of Section 11 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

FREE BEDS FACILITY IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS FOR POOR

On April 03, 2012, a meeting took place in Delhi Secretariat on the invitation from the Delhi Principal Secretary (Health) to work out more smooth ways and means to implement Supreme Court and Delhi High Court orders directing private hospitals situated on public lands to provide totally free treatment to the extent of 10% IPD and 25% OPD to the patients belonging to economically weaker section (EWS). Members of the monitoring committee, representatives from government-run hospitals and representatives from identified private hospitals participated in the meeting. At present, there are 43 identified private hospitals with nearly 800 free-beds facility. It is expected that now private dispensaries situated on public lands would also be included for the purpose of providing free-treatment to the EWS patients. Mr. Ashok Agarwal, advocate and member of the monitoring committee suggested for opening of 24X7 Helpline by Delhi Government for the help of EWS patients. The principal secretary(Health) has given a clear message to all the identified private hospitals that strict action would be taken against the defaulting hospitals. It was again clarified that EWS patient from any part of the country would be eligible to get totally free treatment in the identified private hospitals. It was further clarified that mere declaration by the patient or his/her relative in regard to the family income would be sufficient proof and no hospital would insist for producing any kind of documentary proof.

AIPA MEET ON SUNDAY 08 APRIL 2012 ON ARBITRARY SCHOOL FEE HIKE

AIPA MEET ON ARBITRARY SCHOOL FEE HIKE - All India Parents Association (Delhi Chapter) is organizing a meeting on Sunday 08 April 2012 from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm at Canteen, Western Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054 (near Tis Hazari Metro Station) to discuss and chalk out action plan on arbitrary and exorbitant fee hike by unaided private schools of Delhi. All the parents and parents' associations are invited to attend the meeting in time. (Contact Mr. I. S. Gambir, President AIPA (Delhi Chapter) Mob. 09810133325)