Infuriated and agitated over the functioning of private schools in the Millennium City, over 5000 parents are planning to protest against 40 private educational institutes.
The parents will be agitating against the constant hike in fees adopted by various private schools of the city. In series of planned protests, the association formed , the parents will first protest at the Divisional Commissioner's office on April 2.
On April 9, they will hold protests in Delhi and then march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament.
The parents have alleged that unchecked corruption and transparency by these schools has given the institutes the audacity to flout rules and loot parents by charging hefty fees every year.
The parents have highlighted that they have decided to come on streets after the government failed to take any action.
"There is open loot which is happening in private schools of Gurugram. It is because there has been no action by the Government on the erring schools and the silence of the parents who for the sake of their children accepted to be silent. However, with the loot becoming even more brazen, the parents whose children are studying in Private schools in the city will be speaking out against the functioning of the private schools in the city that are not committing theft but committing dacoity," said Ramesh Rana of All India Parents Forum for education.
"We have already written to the Senior Government officials in the city demanding actions against such schools. Today some schools have increased their school fees to as much as much as 400 percent.
The parents who were spending around Rs. 40,000 annually as school fees for their child will now have to pay Rs. 1.5 lakh as school. This is completely unacceptable," added Rana.