Parents’ associations in Ghaziabad protest against fee regulation draft bill
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Members of various parents’ associations on Sunday held a protest march to highlight alleged ambiguities in the draft of the Uttar Pradesh Self-Financed Independent Schools (Regulation of Fees) Bill 2017.
The parents marched from Lohiya Nagar to the district headquarters where they raised slogans and also discussed various issues pertaining to the proposed draft.
The parents’ bodies said that they had held three meetings with state officials and several ministers in Lucknow and a 24-point agenda was discussed. However, they said that none of their points were incorporated in the draft.
“It has been our demand for audit of accounts of the schools. There is no such provision in the draft bill. In the draft, the schools can decide the fee hike and will later approach a zonal fee monitoring committee for approval,” Neeraj Bhatnagar, spokesperson of All India Parents Association, said.
The parents marched from Lohiya Nagar to the district headquarters where they raised slogans and also discussed various issues pertaining to the proposed draft.
The parents’ bodies said that they had held three meetings with state officials and several ministers in Lucknow and a 24-point agenda was discussed. However, they said that none of their points were incorporated in the draft.
“It has been our demand for audit of accounts of the schools. There is no such provision in the draft bill. In the draft, the schools can decide the fee hike and will later approach a zonal fee monitoring committee for approval,” Neeraj Bhatnagar, spokesperson of All India Parents Association, said.
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Ramesh Yadav
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LC InternalDec 20