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Assam Government Asks Private Schools To Offer 25 Per Cent Concessions In Monthly Fees
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Aug 15, 2020, 08:12 AM | Updated 08:12 AM IST
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The Assam government on Friday (14 August) has asked all the private schools to slash 25 per cent fee from pre-school to Class XII standard from May till the schools open, Education and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Sarma, who also holds the Finance portfolio, in a tweet said: "In view of Covid-19 pandemic, we have advised all private educational institutions to offer at least 25 per cent concessions in monthly fees (pre-primary to XII), from 1 May till formal opening of schools. These institutions are saving substantial expenditure under various heads."
Assam government Principal Secretary in-charge of Elementary and Secondary Education Department B Kalyan Chakravarthy also issued an order asking the private schools to cut minimum 25 per cent fee from pre-school to Class XII from May till the schools open.
The order said: "In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Assam government is compelled to close the schools and colleges from 16 March and all the activities were under lockdown from 23 March. The income of all the citizens of Assam has been badly affected and they are not in a position to afford payment of school fees till the lockdown period is over."
Chakravarthy in his order said that due to the closure of education institutions, the non-government educational institutions are saving substantial expenditure on various heads, including energy charges on electrical consumptions, transport and vehicular operation, cost of meal in case of residential and boarding schools, sports and games, management and operation of laboratories, computers, reduction of expenses on cleaning and maintenance.
Minister Sarma earlier said in Guwahati that the Assam government is keen to reopen educational institutions from 1 September but it would depend on the decision and directives of the Centre. He said that all teachers and employees of the schools will have to get themselves tested for coronavirus before 30 August.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)
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