New Delhi, April 12 (FN Representative) Congress on Tuesday demanded that the Delhi government immediately stop fee hikes in private schools as the parents are not in a position to afford high fees after the Covid-19 pandemic that had worsened their financial condition. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ch. Anil Kumar said that a large number of students were forced to pull out of private schools and join government schools as their parents could not afford the fees of private schools.
Kumar alleged that it was also shocking to understand that most schools are not able to put their own buses on roads due to the road tax tussle with the Transport Department of the Delhi, which has been demanding road tax for school buses even for the Covid-19 pandemic lockout periods in 2020 and 2021, and with the DTC having stopped providing buses to schools to transport children in the morning and afternoon hours.