Sixth Pay Commission: Demand for 50 pc fee hike by private schools improper: BJP

Sixth Pay Commission: Demand for 50 pc fee hike by private schools improper: BJP

New Delhi, Oct 13: The Delhi BJP today termed as "improper" the demand for 50 per cent hike in fee by private schools ostensibly to pay their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.

The demand is unjustified as any hike in school fees will be gross injustice done to guardians of students studying in private schools, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan said.

The private schools have been constructed on the land provided by Government at concessional rates and therefore the commercialisation of these schools was not justified at all, he said.

The private schools are demanding a hike of 50 percent in fees ostensibly to pay salaries to their teachers on the lines of recommendations the Sixth Pay Commission. However parents are opposing the move.

These schools increase the fees by about 10 percent every year and hence the demand for increasing fees by 50 percent on the pretext of the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission should not be accepted, Vardhan said.

He said the people are already hit hard by the price rise and an increase in fees would have a severe impact on the citizens.

Noting that education is the fundamental right of the children, he said if the BJP came to power then it will not allow the commercialisation of education.

Bureau Report

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