Srinagar: Kashmir Civil Society Coalition for Accountability of Private Schools (KCSAPS) has sought state governments intervention to ensure reservation for economically and educationally backward students in private schools of the state.
S.A Ali said in a statement that the government order bearing number Rev (S) 41 of 2005 dated February 17, 2005 guarantees 20 per cent reservation in one of the major private schools of Valley. But this order has no takers in that school, he said while appealing the government to ensure that the private schools in the state accommodate the economically backward students against their reserved seats.
He demanded that there should be no interview of the children between the age group of 2 and 3 years and the schools must declare the selection lists of nursery and LKG in one go. Besides, this the registration and admission forms should cost Rs 20 to Rs 50 instead of Rs 500 and extra, Ali added.
He observed that the private schools in the state especially in Kashmir have become commercial hubs who are busy in minting money from the gullible parents. It is not the fault of parents because they do not want their children to suffer for want for quality education. They are always ready to pay whatever is demanded by these private schools. But instead of providing quality education against a genuine fee structure, these schools go for rampant loot of parents by a manifold increase in the tuition fee and other charges that too unilaterally, Ali alleged.
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