Lucknow schools asked not to charge 3-month fee now

TNN | Apr 6, 2020, 06:57 IST

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LUCKNOW: Amid coronavirus outbreak, the district administration has directed schools not to charge advance fees from students for the months of April, May and June.
However, schools can adjust the fees of these three months later in the year. The fees of these months can be paid with instalments of other months.
Issuing instructions in this connection, Lucknow district magistrate Abhishek Prakash on Sunday said, “The sudden lockdown has severely impacted the source of livelihood of many whose children study in colleges and schools. Despite all educational insitutions being closed, we are getting complaints that many schools/educational institutions were asking to pay advance fees for the months of April, May and June.”
“According to Section 9 of the Disaster Management Act of 2005, all educational institutes in Lucknow have been directed not to pressurize parents to pay advance fees,” added the DM.
“Schools can adjust fees of these three months in subsequent months of the year.
The district magistrate said the schools could continue to run the online classes for students. “Schools or educational institutes cannot suspend a child on account of non-payment of advance fees,” Prakash said.