SCPCR directs CEO to take action against Pvt school allegedly harassing students

The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) has written to the chief education officer (CEO) of Dehradun to take action against the management of a private school which has allegedly not issued the report cards of the students due to the fees pending during the pandemic. The SCPCR chairperson Usha Negi stated that the president of Abhibhavak Ekta Samiti (AES) Luv Chaudhary wrote to the commission stating that the school is harassing students by not issuing the report cards to the students even after their parents approached the school management several times.

The school management is even charging exorbitant fees in the name of tuition fees of the students, as per the complaint letter. Negi informed that as per the directions of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on February 12, 2018, the matters regarding school fees should be resolved between parents and school management and a child cannot be harassed by the school due to such issues. She also asked CEO Asha Rani Painuly to verify whether the private schools in the city are actually providing e-classes to the students from whom they are charging tuition fees during the pandemic. Negi has instructed her to ensure the issuance of report cards to the students soon adding that the harassment of students is against the law and directed her to submit the report of the action to be taken by her in the commission within 15 days.

Thursday, 26 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun