Schools and colleges should not demand fee for 3 months: BJP members petition the District Collector
Coimbatore: Bharatiya Janata Party's state youth wing secretary Mahesh Kumar, accompanied by 25 zonal leaders, filed a petition with the district collector urging that schools and colleges should not demand fee for 3 months.
Speaking to reporters later, he questioned the inhuman act of private schools and colleges demanding tuition fees for the current year in the wake of the coronavirus that has left the majority of the population in a financial lurch.
They demanded that the district administration take the necessary action to ensure that 3 months' time for payment of fees be given from the time schools and colleges reopen.
They also requested to forfeit asking self-help group loans and business loans be repaid immediately and asked adequate time should be provided for the same.