The entire debate has to take reality in to account. Parents are queuing up to pay premium/donations for good schools. If the fees is controlled by govt then these schools collect fees in different ways as they do it now. At least with this move the fees will be collected upfront and in a transparent way. Like any other service, the better service provider will get paid higher. Government should encourage competition and create good govt schools at affordable prices so that private schools cannot monopolize the sector. Govt sector should upgrade their facilities and create alternative to private schools. But in reality nobody who can afford will send their kids to govt schools. WHY?
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Prasad PN, Zonal Sales Manager
| 03 19 2010 14:17:41 +0000
State run schools are being funded by govt. Teachers at these schools are just doing their duty (not taking responsibility to educate). Whereas in private schools teachers are appointed with some responsibilities, they are reviewed for their performance. To retain the best people they must be paid higher. For private schools they have only one source of income i.e. School fees. To meet the demand of Teachers so that they can concentrate on education, it is essential that resources must be accumulated, and for that the freedom for fixing fees must be given.
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Santosh Sinha, Freelance Journalist, Free Lancer
| 02 21 2010 18:34:50 +0000
When in every other field we are crying for too much intervention of government I think we should welcome this step towards right direction. Let demand and supply fix the price as in every other consumer products. If you are offering superior quality you have right to demand premium prices. One more point I think Individual who are rich beyond means must donate generously for the education instead of donation money to the temple,l so that poor gets the quality education.
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CHINTAN , Security/ Equity Research Analyst, chintaninc
| 02 21 2010 05:49:14 +0000
Private is private but on the contrary its a universal truth that those who wanna study can and do study in a Govt school and reach to the most respectable positions. Exmaples of this are needless to mention as you all know.
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KUMAR SAURABH JHA, Manager-HR & Admin
| 02 20 2010 13:31:13 +0000
This is a welcome decision and there should not be any hue and cry on it. In an open competition, a school that charges high fee will have to perform well too otherwise students will move to another school that deliver more value. The fee should be determined just like stocks prices.
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Manoj Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor, Bangalore university
| 02 20 2010 08:07:15 +0000
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In sync with Ms sarika here, Parents are already reeling under the so called fee structure, arbitrarily set by Pvt firms in Edn industry. If not regulated by competent Govt machinery, it may prove detrimental not only to potential minds in shaping their future but also turn this noble cause into profit making industry which I believe, is very uncalled for and not a good sign for any developing country.
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Peeyush Chauhan, Associate/Sr. Associate -(Technical)
| 09 24 2011 14:36:14 +0000
Before Mr. Sibal decided on the matter of fees , he should have first decided on several other matters which actually define a school : 1. Space available for class-rooms , library , laboratories and playgrounds , as well as other facilities such as functioning toilets 2. The teacher student ratio 3. Results which such schools produce The way hotels are given star ratings based on the facilities they provide , schools should also be certified as coming up to certain standards. Only then can they be given the freedom to charge their own fees. At present , several schools charge exorbitant fees , without giving students anything in return.
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K. NARAYAN, None, None
| 03 13 2010 05:58:41 +0000
Too many people in India dont have access to basic education leave alone higher education. By doing this Mr.Sibal has made the assumption that it is ok to change education in to a profitable industry. If a majority of the population had access to basic education without difficulty, this would have been ok. That however is not the case. It would have been more acceptable if the basic education system for the masses like govt run schools and kendriya vidyalayas were in better standing. But sadly they are not. So at this point, given circumstances, I would have to say that the time is not ripe for such a decision.
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RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants
| 02 22 2010 08:19:39 +0000
Commercialisation of education is not at all acceptable, as a change to this BJP government's amendment to Indian Constitution in 2002 incorporating a new article for free and compusory education to all children from the age group of 6 to 16 is a welcome moovement. Presents government's policy of allowing private educational institutions to charge their own fee and the pay scale to the teachers were not in accordance with the constitution. They shall provide free education to all, if so students need not have to depend on his parents atleast for his educational fee, providing education to her children is governments duty and they are her foundation. We are all know that most of the educational institutions are either trusts, societies or non profit making companies as such their activities shall be social welfare, let them provide education as their social welfare activity. My view is that education shall be given by the government free of cost without charging any fee to her childern as provided in the Constitution.
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RAMANATHA PRABHU N, Chartered Accountant
| 02 22 2010 07:09:58 +0000
i think Education is as crucial as defense,so its really unfair to totally privative it. As Vaibhav says its not desire its basic right of citizen.Privatization in Educational sector will add to social discrimination.
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Tarun Mishra, Equity Dealer, Religare Securtites Limited
| 02 21 2010 18:47:53 +0000
no,there should be control on them,otherwise it will become a profit making business,& then education changes from service to business.which automatically defeats the fundamental rights of citizen of india.
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vaibhav shashikant ghumatkar, Freelancer, Freelancer
| 02 21 2010 11:58:01 +0000
There are strong arguments on both sides of this debate. On the one hand, private education is necessary as the public education system is below standard. On the other, school education is a big business in India. Ideally, we should be having a strong public education system that should obviate the need for private education. But here the government is not keen to divert resources to primary education from other high expenditure areas like defense. So, in the interim, we will have to continue with this two-tier system of a high-price, high-quality private education with low-cost, low-quality public education.
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Azhar Kazmi, Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
| 02 20 2010 17:26:33 +0000
The education and population is the MAIN thing in india, if they fix, the fees by their by own, poor becomes poor and rich become richer in knowledge, we cannot tell any story to the next generation, because of the High Level of education can change the growth of the country, we have to give the operchunity to the poor for good education
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Mohideen Faraman, Branch Manager/Regional Manager, Century wells Roofing India P Ltd,
| 02 20 2010 10:43:38 +0000
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