CUDDALORE:
The Matriculation Schools Managements Association, Cuddalore district, has appealed to the State government to notify the revised fee structure before March-end to all matriculation schools that have contested the Justice Govindarajan Committee's recommendations.
Fixing such a timeline is of vital importance as it would clear misgivings among students and parents about the fee structure and also protect the interests of teachers in terms of ensuring regular salary payment and avoiding staff retrenchment. The Association, at its general body meeting held here recently, adopted a resolution. Nandakumar, State secretary, K. Rajendran, patron of the Cuddalore unit, C.R. Lakshmikandhan, president, Jegannathan, vice-president, and S.Kumar, secretary, were present.
In another resolution, the Association said that if there is delay in revising the fee structure by the Justice Raviraja Pandian Committee, the government could pass an interim order permitting the school managements to keep the 2009-2010 structure as the basis and collect 15 per cent extra fees for 2010-2011 and an additional 15 per cent for 2011-2012 so as to cushion the inflationary pressure such as rise in cost index and salary.
The Association also called upon the government to permit private schools to create a corpus fund, as provided under the Tamil Nadu School Fees Collection Regulation Act, to meet the expenditure on construction of additional classrooms, purchase of furniture and maintain cash reserve deposit for salary payment. The Association was of the view that the syllabus prescribed for equitable education would dilute the standard of education and, hence, it should be made on a par with the syllabus of the National Council of Educational Research and Training.
The government should also allow the students to purchase quality textbooks brought out by standard publishers but ensure that such books are available at fair price. It urged the Centre to drop the “no detention policy” to be adopted up to Class VIII as it would cause a setback in standard of education. Instead, the Association suggested, introduction of simple test methods and issuance of course completion certificates to those students, who do not want to pursue education beyond Class VIII.
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