(SEE THIS EXTRACT FROM SCHOOL WEBSITE) You could see the above printed in the School Diary

It is very unrealistic on the part of the management to act in a way contradicting the institutions own laid Aims & Objects.

A sudden and exorbitant hike in the school fees by the management is unjustifiable.  A new fee structure with an increase ranging from 25% to 200% under different heads compared to the existing fee structure has been decided unilaterally by the management and they have been thwarting the genuine demands from the part of the parent representatives to keep this increase to a reasonable limit.

A parent or a parent representative should be treated with due respect and consideration by the authorities.  Their grievances and opinions are not to be left unheard or unaddressed.  It is very unfortunate to see the management trying to suppress the genuine demands of parents and parent representatives due to their avarice.  It is a disgrace to the institution to have a management who does not know how to conduct themselves.  A group of morons with muscle power does not make an efficient management.  It is a pity to find people of such mean dignity heading an educational institution.

The parents have to remain united and show the management the right way.  We should not let anybody play with our children's future!
 

Name: M. Sasikumar
Telephone: 0487-2395691

Suggestion: Compared to similar schools functioning in the district, the teachers of S. N. Vidya Bhavan are handsomely paid and it is understood that this was the opinion of majority of parents who were present in the meeting called by P.T.A.at Edamuttam on 9th July. In case the teachers are not satisfied and require pay parity with the state government teachers, the doors of the State Public Service Commission always remain open for them to appear for the competitive examinations conducted by them. There has never been any ban for them to appear in such examinations. Further, it is upto the parents and the like to evaluate the performance of the teachers and the teachers themselves evaluating their performance as BEST appears to be self-admiration. Moreover, all the students of XI th Standard have paid exorbitant amount of fees, including the tuition fees for the month of June 2008 and RE-ADMISSION FEES of Rs 1,500/-, at the time of admission itself and hence it appears very odd and unjustifiable that the Class teachers of XI th standard too have been insisting the students to pay fees immediately. As far as the students of XI th Standard are concerned, no amount of fees is pending overdue as on date. The head of the Science department should clarify the need of collecting laboratory fees of Rs 200/-from each student of Class VIII. As per the revised simplified Science syllabus of Class VIII, there is no scope at all for demonstrating any experiment in the class. Thus clarifications are required on many aspects before insisting for a Himalayan hike in tuition fees. Most probably, the teachers of physical education and fine arts may not be aware of such fees being collected without any justification. The teachers on the war path and those appearing in press conferences should also clarify as to why a huge sum is collected as admission fees from those students of class XI who were the students of the same school from the very beginning and had already paid admission fees at the time of their initial admission.

It is very painful that the teachers are supporting the huge hike in tuition fees [to the extent of 50% in Classes XI and XII]and keeping a studied silence regarding the other amounts collected from the poor parents without any accountability. Let us first sort out such anomalies before putting such a heavy burden on the shoulders of the parents.
 

Name: Hitho Satchith
Telephone: 0480-2845527
Mobile: 9446233482
Friday, July 11, 2008 9:38 AM

Suggestion: It is quite disheartening to note that the Management Committee of the school is conducting itself in a rather derogatory manner. Though education has become a business now, it is quite mean on the part of a decent management to fall back on the promises given. If the management strongly feels that a fee hike is inevitable, at least it should discuss the same with the PTA and come into an amicable settlement of things rather than letting things go astray.

It was quite sad to note the teachers, who are supposed to be the role models to the little ones in school, talking insensibly and walking out after their "valuable comments" had been made in the PTA meeting on July 9, 2008. They should understand that they are not just the mouthpiece of the Management, though sincerity to Management is very much essential. They should at least talk to the parents in a convincing manner, respecting and understanding their feelings. We as parents, look upon the teachers with great expectations and it is quite demoralizing and frightful for us when they fall short of our minimum expectations. We send our little ones to school with the hope and prayer that they are in the right hands. After all what is an educational institution without proper teaching staff who are to be the pillars of it! I hope and pray to Lord that they be blessed with the wisdom to understand the nobility of their profession!

I sincerely hope and pray that this issue of fees hike be sorted out at the earliest for the good of everyone. Let us hope and pray that we all do our best for the good of our children as well as for the Institution.
 

Name: Vishnuvardhan
Telephone: 2366178
Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:09 PM

Suggestion: The rate of fee hike can not be justified. From this site I understand that there is a hefty increase in the fees upto 200%.  That is to be reduced.  The stand of PTA that they are totally opposing the fee increase is not correct.  Teachers are to be paid well in order to impart education to pupils.  So some increase is justified especially since living price is very high these days