Pvt school charges fee for sports day, parents protest

Chandigarh | Friday | 22nd November, 2019

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Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, November 21Parents of the students at Gurukul Global School in Mani Majra, are up in arms against the school authorities, as they have raised an objection over the school for ‘arbitrarily’ charging fee from all students for organising sports day. The school had issued a notice on November 14, to inform that the sports day will be organised at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Panchkula. The parents said if the school goes ahead with their decision to charge fee for the sports day, the school should provide detailed information regarding expenditure to the UT Administration so that an audit can be carried out. School principal Urvashi Kakkar said, “It is a school sports day and there are logistic charges; we need to pay for that as well. The fee includes hiring charges of the stadium for three days, hiring of generator, sound system and refreshments.”Parents seek break-up of expenditure.