The recent illegal demands by the School Management of Gloria Convent High School, Byculla (please read:
... is nothing new. The Convent has been taking ILLEGALLY Rs. 1,500 /- annually from parents whose child / children are studying in Class V th to Class X th.
The
Principal stated to the media (Mumbai Mirror) that the School never asks
students for any payments. On the contrary, parents revealed that every year
Rs. 1,500/- is charged as miscellaneous fees by students starting from Class V
th to X th. The School Management doesn’t provide any “RECEIPT” to students’
Parents for this amount. As per the Government Rule, the School is not
authorized to charge any money (in the name of School Fee/s) because the
Government provides free education in Maharashtra and the School is paid by the
State Government). Imagine, the total illegal amount. Whenever any parents asks
for receipt from the School Management for Rs. 1,500/-, they are told by the Principal
that if they cannot pay, they should not (indirect humiliation for the parents
as well the student). Ultimately, parents pay this amount without questioning
or demanding ‘receipt’ for this so-called “Miscellaneous Fees”.
While
the School Management is extorting (compulsory as parents were threatened on
the 16th of December 2013 Parents-Teachers’ Meeting by PTA) the
amount (Rs.10,000/- by each student), in the name of ‘donation’ in favour of
their Charitable Society – SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF GLORY – the Society is not
issuing “Official Receipt” of the Charitable Society. Instead, the modus
operandi is, only after receiving the Cheques from students, an ordinary pro
forma (Xerox Copies) is given to the students and asked to return it after
getting parents’ details and signature. This form, as stated in the image
below:
In
this pro forma, it is made to look as if the Parents of the Students have
donated the amount voluntarily. There is no “Receipt No.” of the Charitable
Society and neither there is Society’s Registration Number or 80G Certificate
Order mentioned in this pro forma, which indicated how the School Management
and the Charitable Society – “Society of Our Lady of Glory” is fooling the ,
Students, Parents and the World.
This
matter should be reported to the Charity Commissioner of Mumbai also, that the
Charitable Society is extorting money from the students’ parents in the name of
donation.
So far, the School Management has kept their silence on the issue and no further demands or threats are being issued to students who have not paid the Rs. 10,000 /- demanded illegally.
* Has the School bought the land, as claimed by the School Management on the 16th December 2013 "PARENTS - TEACHERS' MEETING"? It was stated by PTAs that the last date to purchase the land from the State Government was 27th January 2014.
* Has the School returned all the cheques received so far to respective parents?
* Why there has been no INTIMATION till date to 1900 Students' Parents about the PROCEEDINGS?
