Gurgaon schools get in writing: Dont hike fees till govt decision

The District Education Officer (DEO) of Gurgaon,Jyoti Chaudhary,has directed all private schools in the district to retain the old fee structure till a final decision on fee hike was taken.

The DOE intervened in the matter after a group of parents apprised her of the harassment they and their wards were being subjected to by the schools.

In a letter to the schools,the DEO also directed them to not charge any late fee from those who have not deposited the increased fee so far.

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The parents reportedly told the DEO that schools were discriminating between students on grounds of non-payment of the hiked fee.

Private schools had earlier ignored the district authoritiess verbal directions issued in this regard. But now after a written order,we hope they adopt a positive attitude towards our demands, Vashishth Goel,president,Millennium Parents Association,said.

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