CUDDALORE:
A peace committee meeting, headed by Revenue Divisional Officer M.Indumathi, resolved the dispute arising out the size of the fee collected by Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Chidambaram on Monday.
The management had been directed to put up on the notice board the school-specific recommendations of Justice Raviraja Pandian Committee on fee structure and also whatever excess fees it had collected under various heads. The school was specifically told to adhere to the Committee recommendations and dispense with the practice of issuing just slips for the fees paid and issue proper receipts for all payments remitted.
The management was also instructed to reinstate Class IV student David Raja, who was sent out of the school for not paying the fees fixed by the school, and, also to desist from taking any penal action against 60 students who refused to pay the excessive fees in 2010-2011 and collect only the revised fees. As parents objected to the collection of capitation fees in the name of a trust and fees for extra-curricular activities, the management was told not to force upon students any such activity without the consent of the parents.
A major point sticking out in the meeting was the Clause 10 of Justice Raviraja Pandian Committee, which has left it to the schools to determine the size of fees to be collected for technology-driven education such as running smart classes or imparting e-learning. The school was collecting Rs. 10,000 a year (it varies just by Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000 for lower classes) for smart classes. Correspondent C.R. Lakshmikandan took the view that the amount would differ from school to school, depending upon the agencies which they had contracted, number of students and so on and, therefore, it could not be uniform for all schools.
Chief Educational Officer C. Amudhavalli said she would make a comparative study about smart classes in about 10 schools in the district and ascertain from IT professionals or agencies as to how much expenditure a school would incur. Accordingly, she would arrive at the fees for smart classes and intimate it to the school by July 15. She pointed out that unusually a large number of students, 100, had been sent out from the school by issuing transfer certificates. When considering the total strength of the school to be 2,500 the number of TCs issued was on the higher side, she said.
Mr. Lakshmikandan contended that TCs were issued on the request of parents because some of them wanted their wards to be migrated to other schools owing to transfer, some students might find the matriculation syllabus difficult to follow, and some might even go to a school which they consider as highly reputed. Mr Lakshmikandan also said that as per the Right to Education Act, students should not be detained up to Class VIII but there was no provision that no disciplinary action should be taken for insubordination and causing disturbance in the class.
The teachers' representative put forth the view that at a time when the teachers were demanding pay scale on a par with the government schools any attempt to reduce the size of the fees would cut into their salary. Inspector of Matriculation Schools R.Arunmozhithevi, tashildar J.Rajendran, Deputy Superintendent of Police T.K.Natarajan, and C.Raju of Manitha Urimai Padhukappu Iyakkam participated.
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