Parents and school at loggerheads over fee payments

In a shocking incident, a school has been accused of threatening parents of students over fee payment. A family said it was getting threatening phone calls to force payments.

Dayalpuram:The parents of students studying in Daya Lal Public School has alleged that school management has threatened to demolish their house and fabricate a false case against them if they fail to deposit the school fees. The guardians have claimed that they have paid the school fees on time and the educational institute is trying to frame false charges against them.

ETV Bharat has accessed the call recordings of school manager and father of the girl in which the former can be heard asking the later to deposit Rs 40,000 for school fees or else he will face severe consequences. The parent can be heard saying that he has already deposited the fees and the school manager is intimidating him for 'unnecessary reasons'. Reports claim that the school manager happens to be a Congress leader.

Mukesh Kumar, whose children were studying in Daya Lal Public School, said," Due to COVID-19 pandemic, we were facing economic hardships. Left with no other option, me and my wife decided not to send our kids to school as were not in a position to bear the school fees. But now the agitated school manager is intimidating us."

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"When I told him that my family will take the matter to the district collector, he said that even collector won't take any strict action against him. He is a powerful man and a Congress leader and has a stronghold in the area," the depressed father said.

The victim's daughter Mania said that their family is getting threatening calls over the submission of school fees.

Mania's mother, Renu Kumari said, "The school is claiming that we have not paid the school fees but we have deposited all the fees on time. We request the government to look into the matter and take stern step."

It may be noted that the Directorate of Education, Delhi, had asked the private-unaided schools to charge only tuition fees during the period of COVID-19 lockdown and not charge under any other head. However, it had also directed that annual and development charges can be charged proportionately on a monthly basis after the end of lockdown.

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