School that detained LKG student refunds fees after govt steps in
Chennai:04.04.2019
The state school education department has sought an explanation from the private CBSE school in Adyar which detained an LKG student.
After TOI reported on the school forcing the parents to pay the fees for LKG again, the school management has returned fee of Rs 53,200.
“This is violation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. No school is allowed to detain students up to Class VIII,” said a senior official from the education department, adding that the department has sought an explanation from the school.
The four-year-old student from Thiruvanmiyur, studying ini Bharat Senior Secondary School, was made to repeat her course. The school withheld her annual exam results as she was ‘unable to read alphabets or write down numbers 1 to 10’, according to the school.
The girl’s parents said they were compelled to either get a transfer certificate for their daughter or make her study in the same class again ‘so that she can improve’.
The parents demanded return of Rs 15,000 fees paid by them as they were no longer interested in continuing their association with the school.
The school in response had said the decision was taken only after obtaining the parents’ consent and refused to refund the fees.
However, on Wednesday, hours after the news report was out, the school called the parents and returned the fees paid even for the previous year through a cheque. The parents are now looking for other schools in and around Thiruvanmiyur.
Chennai:04.04.2019
The state school education department has sought an explanation from the private CBSE school in Adyar which detained an LKG student.
After TOI reported on the school forcing the parents to pay the fees for LKG again, the school management has returned fee of Rs 53,200.
“This is violation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. No school is allowed to detain students up to Class VIII,” said a senior official from the education department, adding that the department has sought an explanation from the school.
The four-year-old student from Thiruvanmiyur, studying ini Bharat Senior Secondary School, was made to repeat her course. The school withheld her annual exam results as she was ‘unable to read alphabets or write down numbers 1 to 10’, according to the school.
The girl’s parents said they were compelled to either get a transfer certificate for their daughter or make her study in the same class again ‘so that she can improve’.
The parents demanded return of Rs 15,000 fees paid by them as they were no longer interested in continuing their association with the school.
The school in response had said the decision was taken only after obtaining the parents’ consent and refused to refund the fees.
However, on Wednesday, hours after the news report was out, the school called the parents and returned the fees paid even for the previous year through a cheque. The parents are now looking for other schools in and around Thiruvanmiyur.
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