Private Schools Increase Monthly Fee in KP
The private schools have increased monthly tuition fee despite the closures of educational institutes since the outbreak of pandemic in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Despite being shut down for over eight months due to the pandemic, the private schools have increased monthly tuition fee in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
By increasing the monthly tuition fee, the private schools have also violated instructions given to them by the Private Schools Regulatory Authority (PSRA) issued in July 2020.
“There shall be no increase in the fee this year (2020),” states the notification issued to private schools by PSRA. The notification was approved in the 12th meeting of the authority.
Parents claimed that private schools’ owners were the ultimate beneficiaries amidst the outbreak of the pandemic as they had not only received tuition fee from the students without holding regular classes on campus but also increased tuition fee from October onwards.
“Is it justice to charge and increase tuition fee when the students have not attended the schools for eight months since March 2020,” asked a parent.
In the second wave of the pandemic, private schools were closed again for more than two months from November 26 till January 31.
An official working in PSRA said that the authority was helpless in its current shape before the powerful and influential owners of the private schools and it has no powers to implement its decision.
He said that the authority could impose fine up to Rs20,000 on private schools for violation of PSRA Act and Rs10, 000 for violation of its regulations.
SRA laid down amendments to the law including increase in the amount of fine to up to Rs1 million but the provincial government failed to amend the law due to avid pressure from the owners of private schools in the province.
The acting managing director of PSRA and special secretary of elementary and secondary education department, retired Capt Shahbaz Nadeem, was not available for his comments on the chaos.
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