The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the State government to lower the fees in schools for the benefit of poor students.
In a statement, CPM State secretary G. Ramakrishnan said the government should not wash its hands off by making the Justice Govindarajan Committee solely responsible for fixing school fees, as there was an apprehension that the committee could raise the fee after the opening of schools for this academic year following reports in the media.
Pointing out that the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court had rejected the demand of the schools to raise the fees; Mr. Ramakrishnan said people had taken to the streets in protest as many schools were collecting more than the fee prescribed by the committee.
The government should not succumb to the pressure exerted by private schools to reconsider the fee structure as lakhs of students would be affected, Mr. Ramakrishnan added.
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