Parent body levels allegations against police over school fee issue in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: After some parents from St. Andrews School, Bowenpally were taken into custody and issued notices by the police, the Hyderabad Schools Parents Association has expressed levelled allegations against the police and expressed serious condemnation of the act.

Parents who have been protesting against high school fees and violation of Government Order 46 by several schools in the state said that the police has been acting unfairly under the influence of school managements and threatening aggrieved parents of booking them under the pretext of pandemic laws.

They say that the cops have ignored harassment by school managements over fees, and instead are enthusiastic about booking parents and intimidating them over phone calls.

The HSPA says that they will challenge these notices to several parents issued by the police in the High Court. They further raised questions asking whether pandemic laws are only applicable to protesting parents and the common public and not on politicians and higher authorities in state.

The St. Andrew's School in Bowenpally was earlier found guilty of violating the government order by collecting huge fees. The issue came to light when parents of pupils of the school lodged a complaint and the deputy inspector of schools in Secunderabad Mandal 2 conducted an inquiry into their allegations. The parent body says that the school management had outrightly refused to decrease the fees for online classes.