TN Govt has decided to permit private unaided schools to collect 75% of fees in three instalments for 2020-21, Advocate General tells Madras HC @THChennai
25% should be paid now, 25% after physical opening of schools and 25% after three months.
The fees for 2020-21 shall be determined by school fee fixation committee after hearing all stakeholders and after that, the rest of 25% can be paid, AG Vijay Narayan says.
Justice Anand Venkatesh: Why don't we constitute an expert body consisting of academicians and educationists to assist fee fixation committee to determine school fees for 2020-21?
AG: May not be necessary bcos fees fixation committee is headed by a retired HC judge
AG: May not be necessary bcos fees fixation committee is headed by a retired HC judge
Private schools are opposing Govt decision. They want parents to pay 50% immediately and 25% after physical reopening of schools. They also say fee fixation committee may take months together to fix new fees for 2020-21. They want court itself to decide the quantum.
Pvt schools say there is no question of social justice on the issue of payment of school fees when parents had consciously chosen to admit their children in private schools knowing well about the fees charged. It is also not as if all parents cannot afford to pay fees, they say.
Judge: I'll order that pvt school teachers should be paid only existing salaries. Increments, DA & other perks should be frozen.
