In a statement party State secretary G. Ramakrishnan said the Private Schools Fees Regulation Act was enacted in 2009 to streamline the fees collected by them. The government had also ordered that the institutions could collect the fees recommended by the Govindarajan Committee during the academic year 2010-11.
However, most of the schools collected fees according to their whims, and some even collected fees without receipt indirectly and also as donations in contravention of the Act, Mr. Ramakrishnan alleged.
This led to parents and students taking to streets in various parts of the State while the institutions moved the court.
Ultimately, the court ordered that the committee should reconsider its recommendations with regard to 6,500 schools and announce its decision. Till then, these institutions could collect only the fees recommended by the committee.
Even if higher fees had been collected, that should be kept as a separate fund.
However, as Justice Govindarajan resigned from the post last year, Justice Raviraja Pandian was appointed chairman of the committee. And the new committee had been examining the plea of the 6,500 schools from the beginning of this year. But, with the new academic year (2011-12) about to begin and with no new recommendations forthcoming from the committee, Mr. Ramakrishnan pleaded that these institutions should be permitted to collect only the fees recommended by the Govindarajan Committee.”
Appeal
While appealing to the government to initiate action against institutions charging higher fees, the CPI (M) wanted the Justice Raviraja Pandian Committee to come out with recommendations at the earliest.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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