THE Sindh High Court passed a judgment recently that private schools could not increase their fees by more than five per cent. However, the managements of many schools are ignoring this directive.

The parents feel perplexed as the schools except for a few have not revised the fee strucutre for the October to December quarter. Parents’ request to the schools concerned have been ignored.

The education directorate meanwhile has set up a conventional complaint cell and an insecure email account which remains inaccessible. The telephone numbers of the directorate remain busy. Some parents approached the directorate in person but received a cold shoulder.

The parents feel helpless and have nowhere to take their grievances to.

Rehan Ali

Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2018