Well done
The Himalayan Times
9 May 2014
Well done
The intervention of Commission for the
Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for making aware all the private and
public schools of the need not to haphazardly hike school fees and collect fees
under various headings every year as reported in “CIAA tells schools to go by
the book” (THT, 8 May Page 1) is laudable. In spite of following the
Institutional Schools’ Operation Criteria (ISOC) 2013, most of the private
schools seemed to be found hiking the fees unreasonably hitting the guardians
hard.
The Supreme Court (SC) had even directed,
on May 23, 2012,
the schools not to increase their fees for three years after the last hike and
even if that had to be done, prior approval from the concerned authorities was made
mandatory. The private schools continued to increase the fees and collect
additional fees under different headings undermining the ISOC and SC’s
directives. What are the Ministry of Education and Department of Education
doing? Thanks should also go to the parents who lodged complaints at the CIAA
for its necessary intervention.
Unless the concerned authorities act properly
as per the established rules and responsibilities, these kinds of irresponsible
activities will continue to take place. The common people should knock on the doors
of concerned authorities to take corrective action if they are fleeced by
anybody.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
