‘Harassment and Threats’: Parents Detail Coercive Tactics Used by Private Schools

'Harassment and Threats': Parents Detail Coercive Tactics Used by Private Schools

Private Schools in Srinagar Face Parent Ire Over “Coercive” Fee Collection Tactics Srinagar: Srinagar is simmering with discontent as parents of children enrolled in private schools raise their voices against what they call “coercive” tactics employed by school managements to collect monthly tuition fees. Several parents have come forward with complaints, alleging that schools are not only demanding advance payment for the current month, but also resorting to phone calls targeting both parents and students, causing immense distress and pressure. One group of parents expressed strong objection to the schools…

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Boat Capsize in Vadodara: Six Schoolchildren Dead, Search Ongoing for Others

Boat Capsize in Vadodara: Six Schoolchildren Dead, Search Ongoing for Others

A boat carrying school students overturned in Harni Lake in Vadodara. With 27 people, the boat was loaded much beyond its capacity when the mishap took place. At least six school children died on Thursday as the boat they were on overturned in the Harni Lake on the outskirts of Vadodara in Gujarat. The boat was carrying 27 students accompanied by their teachers who came to the outskirts for a picnic. A search operation has been launched to trace the missing students and 10 were rescued. Gujarat education minister Kuber…

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