TRSMA: Issue new rules before Feb. 1

A five-member Private Institutions Joint Action Committee (PIJAC) and representatives of the Telangana Recognised Schools Management Association (TRSMA) told the government that issues and challenges facing the private institutions need to be resolved before re-opening of schools and colleges on February 1.

The primary demands of both parties at a meeting with education minister Sabitha Indira Reddy was the issuance of guidelines pertaining to reopening of educational institutions, release of the academic calendar, and financial support to budget private institutions to meet the expenditure and losses due to non-receipt of fees.

They demanded that the government bear the sanitisation expenses of budget private institutions, and support students in the form of fee reimbursement.

Contrary to the parents’ body demands with regard to GO 46, the private institutions representatives demanded that the government issue guidelines about fee collection of the previous

● BOTH THE bodies requested the govt to treat budget private institutions as a separate category and provide relaxation in taxes and utility bills for the lockdown period, and update the payment of salaries, building rents, electricity, water and other maintenance.

and the current academic year.

Both the bodies requested the government to treat budget private institutions (BPIs) as a separate category and provide relaxation in taxes and utility bills for the lockdown period, and update the payment of salaries, building rents, electricity, water and other maintenance. They requested a provision of interest free loans to BPIs, and extension of moratorium period for existing loanees.

The TRSMA requested the minister to grant permission to allow students from Classes 1 to 8 to visit the school for submission of assignments for corrections and clarify doubts till the schools reopen, to minimise learning loss. They demanded an extension of the academic year till July 31, and to conduct the SSC public exams in May.