Parents to intensify protest at Millennium School

The parents claimed that fees have been hiked by 30 per cent while the school authorities refuted the charges saying the fee hike was only 10 to 12 per cent. “The fee was hiked after a meeting with the parent teacher association (PTA) members last Saturday. Majority of the parents were in favour of the decision. Only then the school management went ahead with the decision,” said Arpita Karkare,director. On allegation that the PTA formed was illegal,she said,“We had a PTA in the school since the beginning but parents voluntarily took up responsibilities. Now we have an elected PTA. The members of the PTA were elected from our 2,200 parents whose kids are studying in the school.”

“The parents were informed about the fee hike well in advance and only after their consent we went ahead with it. Beside the basic schooling activities,the school has been involved in many co-curricular and extra curricular activities. We have three basket ball courts and a complete set-up for all round development. The school runs for nine hours but we provide food thrice a day,” said Karkare justifying the fee hike.

Rana said that apart from intensifying the protest,the organisation will meet education minister Rajendra Darda and will seek his intervention in solving the issue.