MP Board Private School Association, Indore has demanded school education department to pay the pending dues of admissions under Right to Education (RTE) to help them survive.In a bid to survive and pay salaries and bonus to teachers, the association approached the state education department and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Settlement of this amount can save many schools from closing down and help them celebrate Diwali, as shared by MP Private School Association coordinator Gopal Soni.

He said that ‘we have already submitted a memorandum to state education department and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for payment of RTE students, but to no use. He explained that this time of lockdown and school shut-down has severely affected many schools. Schools which charge very low feels are now struggling and might even close down if school fee is not paid and RTE amount is not settled. He explained that RTE fee is remunerated after two to four years, which makes it very inconvenient for schools. The fee paid by the government is nominal and even if fee is paid very late, then is not obvious that schools will not be willing to admit students under RTE, Soni said.

He added that the last payment of academic session 2017-18 was settled in May 2020 after frequently approaching the administration, we received the amount of 2017-18, till now only 30 per cent of the settlement for 2018-19 has been completed.

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