Parents of 40 relieved students of Ahmedabad based GIIS school rush to State BJP headquarters

Ahmedabad: In order to make representation over fees issue, a group of parents of the students of Ahmedabad based Global Indian International School (GIIS) today rushed to the State BJP headquarters Kamalam in Gadhinagar where Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s press conference was underway.

The Chief Minister deputed State party spokesperson Bharat Pandya to hear the parents.

The parents told Bharat Pandya that their children were not permitted to join the classes by GIIS management over fees issue for last over a week. The parents said they were ready to pay fees as per the State government appointed Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) order. However the school management was seeking more fee. The parents said they were at Kamalam to seek guidance of the Chief Minister on whether the parents should pay fees as per the school management’s decision or as per FRC order. The parents said children were being asked to leave the classes and sit in reception area or go back to home by school management.

While hearing the parents, Pandya spoke to Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama over this issue and fixed a meeting between the parents and the minister at 8.30 am tomorrow. Pandya said proper action will be taken by government in this regard.

Backdrop

The Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) has passed an order, directing Ahmedabad based Global Indian International School to readmit 40 students who were issued school leaving certificates on grounds that they were not paying additional fees. The order stated that parents of the 40 students will be required to pay fees finalized by the FRC. Parents of the 40 students had approached the Supreme Court, challenging the decision of the school. Hearing of the case in the Supreme Court will take place on April 12.

When the new academic year began on April 1, GIIS had issued leaving certificates to 40 students on grounds that they had not paid the additional fees that had been fixed by the school. This had led to a huge commotion in the school with parents alleging that the students had been confined to a room by the school authorities. In its order, the FRC has also directed the school to accept payment of fees by parents according to the norms set by the committee. The FRC said that further orders will be passed in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court in the matter.

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