
Private school body asks govt not to waive school fees for 3 months
India TV NewsThe largest congregation of budget private school, National Independent Schools Alliance, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and sought relief for private schools. Kulbhushan Sharma, President; NISA, said in the letter that due to the outbreak of coronavirus epidemic in the country, an economic crisis has arisen in front of private schools, especially budget schools. If the government issues order to waive school fees, then there will be an existential crisis in front of budget schools. Instead of waiving fee, government can help Instead of waiving fee, government can help poor and needy parents by putting an equal amount of school fees in their bank accounts under DBT.
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