Uniformity in fee structure
The Himalayan Times
12 May 2016
Uniformity in fee
structure
Almost all the private schools in the
country seem to be charging exorbitant fees in the past several years due to
lack of clearly spelled out policies of the government. If there were any such
rules and regulations regarding the fee structures, they did not seem to be
strictly followed. There was no proper supervision and monitoring mechanism of
the concerned ministry and department to control these irregularities. Each of the
private schools collects school fees in its own ways. There is no uniformity and
similarity in the fee structures.
However, it was interesting to know that
the government has now formed high level teams to monitor school fees and
physical facilities of the private schools “Joint secy-led high level teams
begin school fee monitoring” (THT, 10 May, Page 2). The findings of these
monitoring teams should be made public. Based upon their recommendations, the
government should be serious and committed to bring all the private schools
under its umbrella and maintain uniformity in their fee structures.
The government should, therefore, establish
clearly spelled out criteria, if there are not any, to bring uniformity among
all the private schools. Based upon these criteria, all these schools should be
categorised accordingly. Keeping in view of these categorizations, the
government should establish the school fee structure and fix the perks and
benefits of the teachers and administrative staffs.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj.
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