Display details of fee fixation panels: Edu dept to pvt schools
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Ranchi: The district education department has asked all private schools in the city to prominently display the names and contact details of their fee fixation committees (FFC) and parent-teacher committees (PTC) on their premises.
Schools have been told complete this display work during the ongoing summer vacation.
This directive follows earlier instructions to all private schools to constitute both the FFCs and PTCs. Department officials said only 50 out of 150 schools have complied so far. "However, many of these schools did not make the details of the committees public, which is required," Badal Raj, the district superintendent of education (DSE), said.
Raj said, "The step aims to empower parents by ensuring transparency in school administration, especially concerning fee structures. If a school increases its fees, parents can now raise concerns directly with the committee members. In addition to tuition fee hikes, parents can also file complaints related to increased charges in other categories."
To address such issues, a district-level committee and a dedicated monitoring cell have been set up to act on any valid complaint.
These measures align with the provisions of the Jharkhand Education Tribunal (Amendment) Act of 2017, which calls for the formation of fee-related committees at both the school and district levels to prevent irregularities.
The department clarified that no private school can increase its fees, whether below or above 10%, without consensus between the FFCs and PTCs. If a school seeks to increase fees beyond 10 percent, it must obtain prior approval from the district-level committee. Additionally, a reminder will be issued to schools that have not yet formed the committees. If they fail to comply, a show-cause notice will be served to them.
Principal of Kairali School, Rajesh Pillai, said, "We are using the summer vacation period to put up the committee names and contact numbers. The information will be displayed before the schools reopen."
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