The Tribune Reporters Kaithal, June 21 Representatives of the Private Schools’ Association are strongly opposing the state government order on norequirement of a school leaving/transfer certificate for students switching to government schools. In a memorandum submitted to local BJP MLA Lila Ram, the association has urged the government to immediately withdraw this illegal and illogical order. Association district president Parma Nand Goel and district chairman Balinder Sandhu said after this order, the students studying in private schools could get admission in government schools even without clearing out standing arrears in their current institutions. Association state secretary Varun Jain and former president Rajesh Munjal said private schools were already suffering a lot due to the non-payment of fee by students and now the managements were finding it difficult to meet even the day-to-day running expenses. “Moreover, the schools are under pressure to pay salary to the staff. In such a situation, how can they pay salaries and meet other expenses when their arrears are not paid by the students.”They said they had been cooperating with the government on all important issues but this notification was unreasonable, so it should be withdrawn immediately. Memo submitted to Education Minister Yamunanagar: The Federation of Private Schools’ Welfare Association, Haryana, met Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar in Jagadhri on Sunday. A delegation of the association led bychief Kulbhushan Sharma submitted a memorandum of their demands to the Education Minister and sought a solution. Kulbhushan said they had sought the rollback of the order on no requirement of school leaving certificate to take admission in government schools as such decisions had put the existence of private schools in danger. He said private schools were holding online teaching classes but had not pressurised the parents for depositing the fee of previous years and that of April to June 2020.“Now, if they don’t charge fee from students, they will soon become bankrupt. It will adversely affect the study of lakhs of students. Besides, the private schools will not be able to give salaries to its six lakh teachers,” he added. He said if the government didn’t give a relief package, most of the private schools of rural and urban areas would be on the verge of closure, putting jobs of six lakh teachers at risk. Parents demand CAG audit of pvt schools Chandigarh: The Haryana School Parents’ Welfare League has written to the CM, demanding audit of the private schools’ finances by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to determine whether charging hiked fee from students during the Covid crisis was justified or not. The forum alleged that school funds were diverted by the owners to other heads for their personal benefits. “In such a scenario, only a CAG audit can bring out the truth about the schools’ financial position and their justification for charging fee even during the Covid crisis,” the letter read. TNS
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