Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Atishi, on Thursday, alleged that the BJP-led government is trying to shield private schools by bringing an ordinance on regulation of school fees.
In a decisive move to curb commercialization and ensure transparency in private school operations, the Dhanbad district administration has issued strict directives prohibiting schools from forcing parents to buy books, uniforms, shoes, or school bags from specific vendors.
Sachdeva said that Education Minister Asish Sood had already issued instructions on Monday that SDMs will get the accounts of all the 1,665 private schools audited in Delhi before any fee hike, claiming that AAP leaders' ploy to create false perceptions would not succeed.
Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dropped out of power, private schools across the Capital have been hiking their fees and the BJP led government is hand-in-glove with the private schools in the hike and looting parents.
In yet another such incident, a private school in south west Delhi’s Dwarka received a bomb threat in the early hours of Friday, police said.
A private school, located just a kilometre away from the blast site in Prashant Vihar area of North West Delhi’s Rohini on Friday received a bomb related threat via email, Delhi Fire Services officials said.
Hundreds of irate people, including the victim's family and ABVP activists, on Thursday held a massive protest and gherao of the Radcliffe School, where the incident occurred.
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The complaints were received on an official email address against exorbitant fee hike, buying books of a particular publisher, frequently changing colour and design of uniforms and shoes among others.
The sexual abuse had been going on for almost two months and the matter came to light only after the parents of the child found changes in the child’s behaviour.
