Hyderabad: School force-selling sweaters to students

Hyderabad: Epistemo Global School in Nallagandla has asked parents of its students to purchase sweaters from the school, as part of the uniform. The sweaters are priced between between Rs 675 and Rs 875.

“How can they make buying a sweater mandatory,” a parent asked.
When asked for comment, HSPA executive member Aravinda Jata felt schools should have  left the issue with the parents to decide instead of forcing orders on them. If the price quoted is on the higher side when compared to market rates, anguish of parents could be understood, she said.

Schools should decide on one common colour for uniformity and convey the same to parents so that they could buy anywhere according to their convenience, she felt.

There are a number of reputed missionary schools in the state capital and all of them do not link uniform with sweater, according to Missionary Schools Association president Bro.Show Reddy.

“Parents should be taken on board when taking such decisions. Few years ago similar idea was floated when i was heading St.Pauls School. We took views of parents on procuring sweaters and on the price. Hence there was not an issue,” he said.

Meanwhile, Epistemo school administration did not give their point of view on the issue when asked for an explanation regarding the topic.