Expressing concern over the steep increase in fees collected by private schools in the State, State Secretary of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Malavika Gubbivani urged the State government to immediately step in and protect the parents of the students from the “extortion” under the pretext of fees.
Addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Monday, Ms. Gubbivani said many people prefer private schools due to deterioration of education and mismanagement in government schools. But, “fee racket” in private educational institutions is going out of control, she lamented.
Citing the example of AAP government in Delhi, which had reined in private schools in the national capital, Ms. Gubbivani urged the State overnment to take necessary steps to protect the parents from the “fee scam” of private schools “atleast in this academic year”.
