Well done

 The Himalayan Times

9 May 2014

Well done

The intervention of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for making aware all the private and public schools of the need not to haphazardly hike school fees and collect fees under various headings every year as reported in “CIAA tells schools to go by the book” (THT, 8 May Page 1) is laudable. In spite of following the Institutional Schools’ Operation Criteria (ISOC) 2013, most of the private schools seemed to be found hiking the fees unreasonably hitting the guardians hard.

The Supreme Court (SC) had even directed, on May 23, 2012, the schools not to increase their fees for three years after the last hike and even if that had to be done, prior approval from the concerned authorities was made mandatory. The private schools continued to increase the fees and collect additional fees under different headings undermining the ISOC and SC’s directives. What are the Ministry of Education and Department of Education doing? Thanks should also go to the parents who lodged complaints at the CIAA for its necessary intervention.

Unless the concerned authorities act properly as per the established rules and responsibilities, these kinds of irresponsible activities will continue to take place. The common people should knock on the doors of concerned authorities to take corrective action if they are fleeced by anybody.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj, Kathmandu