Parents refuse hiked fee, kids barred entry

Over 40 students at Dadar's Shardashram Vidyalaya were allegedly denied entry in the school premises on Monday morning after their parents refused to pay the hiked fees recently announced by the school. The school had reportedly announced its new fee structure on June 14 .

Parents alleged that their children were not allowed to enter the school citing non payment of the revised fees. "The school recently hiked the annual fees from Rs 25,000 to Rs 42,000 which is a huge hike. The hike was announced after the new academic year started and parents were kept in the dark until recently. When we tried to oppose the hike, the school resorted to pressure tactics and denied entry to our children" said a parent of a senior KG student from the school.

When DNA tried reaching the school, an official who answered the call said that the issue has been resolved.

While a few local politicians from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena intervened and volunteered to pay a part of the fees on the behalf of the parents, parents said that they were not convinced about such an arrangement. "The school has imposed an unjust hike and we want the school to roll back the hike. We are not going to pay the hiked fees till the school justifies this last minute decision" said another parent.

Meanwhile, the school management has allowed students to continue attending school until the issue is resolved.