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47,000 private schools in Madhya Pradesh have suspended online courses
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Bhopal:
More than 47,000 private schools in Madhya Pradesh suspended online classes indefinitely on Monday to lobby their various demands, including removing their recognition fees following the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming physical sessions for classes 9 to 12.
There are approximately 45,000 private schools affiliated with the Madhya Pradesh Secondary Education Council (MPBSE) and 2,800 affiliated with the Central Secondary Education Council (CBSE) in the state.
“We have indefinitely suspended online classes from today after not having received a positive response from the state government,” said Ajeet Singh, president of the MP Private School Association, an umbrella body. around 45,000 schools affiliated to the MPBSE.
He said their main demands were for authorities to stop inspecting schools that were already closed and renew the certificates of recognition of those institutions for five years, instead of one.
“In view of the losses we have suffered, the state government should not charge the annual school recognition fees during these testing periods,†he said.
He also alleged that officials were bothering them under the guise of inspecting schools.
In addition, the state government is expected to pay the overdue Right to Education (RTE) contributions for the past three years, he said.
“Under the TEN, schools provide education to disadvantaged children and the government is supposed to pay for it,†Singh added.
VR Modi, president of another private school association covering nearly 2,800 CBSE schools in the state, also said they suspended their online classes from Monday.
“Among other things, we want physical classes to resume for standards IX to XII immediately. When all other things have reopened, why aren’t the upper classes of schools allowed to reopen?” He asked.
Education Minister MP Inder Singh Parmar and Education Commissioner Jayashree Kiyawat could not be reached for their comments on the matter.
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