Private school fee cut: Thousands including teachers, non-teaching staff gather to protest in Bengaluru

Thousands of people including teachers, non-teaching staff of private schools and representatives of the management hit the roads today in Bengaluru to take part in the massive protest rally called by the teaching and non-teaching staff coordination committee of the Karnataka Private Unaided School Managements.

The protest rally was called urging the state government to consider some of their pending demands, especially the revisiting of the recent government order 30% cut in the school fee and the long-pending compensation for teaching and non-teaching staff during the pandemic.

The rally started from Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station around 10 am and reached Freedom Park with more than 30,000 people taking part in it.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar visited the spot and promised to convene another round of meeting with parents and school managements to resolve the issue.

"We had given time for school managements and parents to come to a conclusion over the fee row, but when they failed to find a solution we, the government intervened and taken a decision after discussing with all stakeholders," said Suresh Kumar.

"The school managements are saying the fee cut has become 50% to 60% in reality. If that is the case, we are open for discussion and let the private school managements submit their suggestions," said the minister.