The school education department has acquired a number of complaints through the pandemic interval in the final eight to ten months equivalent to school administration forcing mother and father for fees. Also a number of complaints have been like college students getting faraway from WhatsApp group for on-line education who didn’t pay their fees, failing to subject their report card of the final time period examination, being fined for late fees, and so forth.
Taking notice of the complaints, the minister directed education officers of the respective divisions to conduct an inquiry and take applicable action in opposition to the faculties.
Minister additionally requested the department to arrange fees regulation committees at state and division degree, the place mother and father can register their complaints related to fees. Gaikwad additionally requested to take action beneath the Right to Education (RTE) in opposition to unlawful colleges.
After appeals from mother and father, the education department in May 2020 appointed 87 nodal officers in 36 districts to obtain charge related complaints through the Covid-19 lock down. The department had continued to obtain a number of complaints even after the circulars issued to colleges that requested them not to pressure mother and father to pay through the lock down or hike fees this yr.