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Hans India
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- Politics
- Hans India
Major protest marks fee exploitation by private schools
Gadwal: In a show of resistance, student organisations came together on Saturday to protest the alleged fee exploitation and irregularities being carried out by private schools in Aiza Mandal of the Alampur constituency, Jogulamba Gadwal district. The protest rally, which began at Telangana Chowrasta and concluded at the New Bus Stand, saw students raising slogans and holding placards condemning what they described as 'commercialization of education.' Following the rally, a delegation of student leaders submitted a memorandum to the Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO), urging immediate intervention and strict action against erring schools, particularly the Sri Krishnaveni Private School, which was singled out for multiple alleged violations. Student leaders alleged that private schools in the region were collecting exorbitant and unregulated fees, in clear violation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act and existing fee regulation laws. They claimed that the Sri Krishnaveni School was forcing parents to purchase uniforms, textbooks, and notebooks at inflated prices from a shop operated illegally beside the school. The school's management had set up a fake certificate-backed book centre and was openly selling books on the roadside, yet no action was taken by education officials despite earlier complaints to the District Collector. The Mandal Education Officer (MEO) allegedly ignored direct instructions from the District Education Officer (DEO) to seize the illegal book stock, and even remarked that he would only take action 'if provided protection.' Furthermore, the students claimed that Bonafide and Transfer Certificates (TCs) were being issued only after collecting up to Rs 2,000 from Class 10 students. The school fee for Class 10 was increased from Rs 28,000 in the academic year 2024–25 to Rs 34,000 for 2025–26 without any justification. School staff, including drivers and teachers, were reportedly forced by the management to protest in front of the MEO office, allegedly with the support of the MEO himself. The situation escalated when student union leaders visited another school, Sri Chaitanya, after receiving reports about similar irregularities. They were allegedly assaulted by men linked to Krishnaveni School owner Madhusudan Reddy, who reportedly sent his drivers to threaten and attack the students. Demanding justice, the protestors urged the authorities to suspend the MEO for negligence and bias; cancel the recognition of Sri Krishnaveni School for repeated violations; file criminal charges against the school owner Madhusudan Reddy and the individuals involved in the assault; and enforce the RTE Act to ensure that 25% of seatsare reserved for underprivileged students.
Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Indian Express
Train ticket checkers in Kalyan pose as ticketless passengers to nab fake TC
After repeated complaints of a fake Ticket Checker (TC) duping passengers in the general compartment of long distance trains, a Railways team, with its own TCs and police, posed as ticketless travellers and nabbed the accused from Kushinagar Superfast Express train on Wednesday. They also seized a fake receipt book which the accused, Ramprakash Mandal, 40, a Virar resident, used to extort money from unsuspecting travellers. An official from Kalyan Government Railway Police (GRP) said that their team, wearing civilian dress and led by Haresh Dahilkar, boarded and saw a person (Mandal) wearing a TC uniform asking people for their tickets. 'When he came to them, the four TCs claimed that they wanted to go from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to Gorakhpur but did not have the tickets. The accused told them to pay a fine of Rs 2,640,' said an officer. When they checked the receipt, it turned out to be fake following which they alerted the Railway Protection Force and nabbed the accused. The police found that he was also using a fake badge. Mandal was handed over to the Kalyan GRP that registered a case and arrested Mandal. An officer said that Mandal took advantage of the fact that usually TCs did not come to the general compartment, especially during the vacations period when it is crowded. Mandal told the police that he got the idea when he himself was caught travelling ticketless and was asked to pay a fine. 'He then took the receipt he was given to a Virar shop where he covered his name with white ink and got several copies of the receipts which he then used to dupe people,' he said. The Railways took action based on the complaint received by senior divisional commercial manager Arun Kumar.
