HYDERABAD: A private school in Malakpet was shut down on Thursday by officials of the School Education Department, as it was running without any permission from the government or its agencies.
This has affected 350 children who, officials say, would be accommodated in nearby schools.
Officials inspected the Integral Foundation School, following a complaint by the Telangana Private Teachers Forum. They found that the school did not have any kind of permission, whether a no-objection certificate (NoC) from the fire department, building permission from the GHMC or the permission required from the traffic police. Following this, the authorities sealed the school.
The school started in the 2018-19 academic year and was running classes till IX, on an average collecting `28,000 to `30,000 in fees per student.
Sources said the school will have to refund the fee to the parents if it fails to obtain permission before the Dasara holidays.
One of the parents, on condition of anonymity, said, “We would have been happy if this was done at the beginning of the academic year. Officials should make sure that such schools do not start at all. Now our children will have to suffer.” One of the complainants, Mr Shabbir Ali, president of Telangana Private Teachers Forum, said parents need to be careful when admitting their kids to school.
