Private school in Srinagar asks for transport charges
Srinagar: A leading private school in Srinagar has asked the parents of the students enrolled in the school to pay the transport charges for the lockdown period when schools were shut due to scare of the covid 19 pandemic.
Parents of the students of Iqbal Memorial Institute Bemina (IMI) said that they have been asked by the school administration to pay transport charges else their wards cannot avail the transport facility for this year.
This direction from the school has been issued to the students and parents despite the Jammu and Kashmir administration having asked the schools not to collect transport and other miscellaneous charges for lockdown period from the parents.
The schools, however, were directed to collect only tuition fee for the online classes.
“We have been asked to pay half of the transport charges by the school administration, which amount to Rs 12000. The schools authorities are not abiding by the government directive,” said a group of parents whose children are studying in IMI, Bemina.
The parents didn’t want to be named as they fear reprisal by the school authorities.
“We urge the school education and divisional commissioner Kashmir to intervene in the matter and ask the school authorities to abide by the government direction,” the parents said.
No official from the school was available for comments on the matter.
