Pune schools suspend online classes over non-payment of fee
India TV NewsOnline classes of schools affiliated with an association in Maharashtra have been suspended for three days beginning today. Federation of Schools Association in Maharashtra office-bearers cited "severe financial stress" faced due to non-payment of school fees from parents as the reason for their decision, which comes in the backdrop of the COVID-19 outbreak that forced a shift to online classes. "School-members even offered monthly/quarterly installment facility to parents to pay their fees," said Rajendra Singh, president, FSAM. "Despite all this help and cooperation from the schools, as much as 50 per cent of the parents are not paying fees at all and taking undue advantage of our concessions," Singh said. "Since the last 6 to 7 months, we have been patient and delivering quality education, but now the schools who are members of the federation are facing severe financial stress.