Hyderabad School Parents Association planning mahadharna' over fee hike

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad School Parents Association (HSPA) is leaving no stone unturned to make the June 11 mahadharna at Indira Park a big success.

They launched an online and offline campaign to mobilise support for the protest. Videos of short duration have been created in which the association highlighted how school managements were looting parents every year.

The video explains how from “a big business like none other”, schools have become “a big loot like none other” at present. It also laments about lack of rights for parents as well as students along the lines of consumer rights since schools have now become shops doing big business.

HSPA has decided to release more videos until the protest date of June 11. Also a Facebook page “Stop school fee loot” was created and parents were asked to confirm their participation for the dharna.

Besides these, the parents’ body has been texting messages to those who lent support to their earlier missed call drive. HSPA member Ashish Naredi stated this protest was planned to ensure government takes note of scores of parents concerns.

“This fight is going on for last four months. We are waiting for concrete steps from government to regulate school managements from charging exorbitant fees. With schools set to re-open from June third week, we demand the education department to resolve the issue,” he said