Schools keep fleecing parents, government mum

CHENNAI: Inaction of the State government against schools collecting high fees has emboldened others to violate norms, as students protest in vain.

Three schools — CSI Jessie Moses School, Anna Nagar, CSI Bain School, Kilpauk (both managed by the CSI  diocese) and  Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation in Pudur — witnessed demonstrations on Tuesday but Dire­ctor of Matriculation schools K Dev­arajan maintained it is for the Justice Govindarajan fee committee to recommend act­ion against erring schools. Complaints against eight schools proved right, but their mana­gements have not been pulled up.

More than 200 parents congregated outside CSI Jessie Moses school, which hiked fees to `6,250 from `3,500 per term for Class II and charges nearly `10,000 (a year) for LKG. The school has also demanded a readmission fee of `17,000 from students promoted to Class I.

Justice K Govindarajan was unavailable for comment.