All Noida School Parents Association want the committee formed by the UP government to be headed by a retired judge and objected to the nomination of one of the members among other demands.
At a press conference held in Sector 33, Noida, on May 15, the All Noida School Parents Association (ANSPA) demanded that the 9-member committee formed by the Uttar Pradesh government over school fee hikes on May 9 be headed by a retired high court judge.
The committee was constituted by Jitendra Kumar, principal secretary, secondary education, to suggest ways to curb the commercialisation of education and excessive fee being charged from students in private schools in Uttar Pradesh.
ANSPA’s main objection was on the appointment of Om Pathak as the member of the committee to look into private secondary schools. Pathak is the chairman of DPS Ghaziabad society.
K Arunachalam, general secretary of ANSPA, told City Spidey, "This is not fair. We are very disappointed at the committee's constitution. Om Pathak, who has at least three schools of his own running in the region, has been nominated. We demand that he be removed from the committee."
Some of the other demands by ANSPA are as follows: