Mumbai: Parents protest over 50% hike in school fees
Pradeep Gupta | TNN | Updated: Feb 2, 2019, 05:24 IST
Representative imageKALYAN: Around 300 parents protested outside Seth Hirachand Mutha School and College here after the management hiked fees by 45-59% across classes. The parents said the school management had asked those who could not afford the hiked fees to withdraw their children.
Parents said the school had deliberately hiked fees in February so they could not exercise that option.
School chairman Prakash Mutha, who is also a senior Congress leader, told TOI, “It is not a government-aided school and we have increased fees as per rules, so that we can give quality education.”
Parents claimed that fees for kindergarten had jumped from Rs 26,000 to Rs 41,300, while fees for classes V-VIII had gone up from Rs 35,000 to Rs 51,000.
Parents said the school had deliberately hiked fees in February so they could not exercise that option.
School chairman Prakash Mutha, who is also a senior Congress leader, told TOI, “It is not a government-aided school and we have increased fees as per rules, so that we can give quality education.”
Parents claimed that fees for kindergarten had jumped from Rs 26,000 to Rs 41,300, while fees for classes V-VIII had gone up from Rs 35,000 to Rs 51,000.
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