Parents term charging extra money by private schools during COVID as unjustified.

ISLAMABAD -- Parents of the students studying in different private educational institutions have expressed strong reservations over charging huge amounts in the name of annual resource charges besides tuition fee during the closure of the institutions amid COVID-19 lockdown.

It were parents who suffered the most during the closure of educational institutions in wake of pandemic and compelled to cope with the multiple challenges while adapting to the digital mode of education including poor internet connectivity, costly internet packages, buying expensive gadgets and time management issues.

'Throughout the first and second wave of COVID-19, my son in his early years of education studied through online class. It was not easy for him to grasp the lessons taught online but we paid full fee without arguing with the school management', a parent whose child is studying at SLS Montessori and High School in capital said.

However, now the school administration is forcing the parents to pay the annual charges (collected twice in a year) which is unjustified when the students have not physically attended the school and utilized any stationary and facilities.

'A group of 300 parents, including me, went to the school to submit an application to the head of the institution to highlight our grievances but no one allowed us to enter even the boundary of the school', the parent lamented while talking to reporter.

Another parent of a child studying in the same school said 'The teachers used to give only instructions to the students through online teaching but we as parents had to attend all the classes with our children to guide them and help them complete their online class work and other tasks as well as their home work which is time consuming process when both the parents are working'.

'The online classes are not less than any nightmare for us as I have to reach at my office early in the morning...

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