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25 March, 2005

Capitation fee: BJP in protest mode

Chandigarh Newsline
Chandigarh, March 24: The local BJP unit staged a dharna at the Sector 17 Plaza opposite Neelam Cinema on Thursday. The party is protesting against the non-implementation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment - related to capitation fess being charged by private schools here -passed on February 14. ...
... Today addressing the dharna, former MP Satya Pal Jain categorically demanded that the judgment of the High Court regarding the capitation fee should be enforced at once. He said the Administration should direct all private schools not to charge a heavy capitation fee and 25 per cent of seats should be reserved for the children of the poor. The teachers of private schools should be paid salaries and other allowances at par with government teachers. ...