Ludhiana: Parents of St Joseph School, Ambala, students staged a protest against the school management for preventing the students from attending online classes for non-payment of annual charges.
“Earlier, we paid the tuition fees after they stopped sending link for online classes, and now, the school authorities are asking for annual charges. They should levy the charge only if they have a government order. When I asked for the copy of the order, they didn’t have it,” one of the parents was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
School Principal Amita Sachdeva, however, could not be reached for comments despite several attempts, said the national daily.
District education officer (deputy) Sudhir Kumar Kalra said that he hasn’t received any complaint regarding the matter. “The education department has not received a written complaint against the school. I found out after the protests that the school is levying annual charges after a high court ruling, but private schools should first wait for a letter/order from the director of the education department,” Kalra was quoted.