Hindustan Times (Patiala)

SAD ASKS CAPT GOVT TO PAY STUDENTS’ 6-MONTH FEE

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com ■

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to pay private school management­s the tuition and admission fee of all children whose parents’ financial status has been adversely affected by the Covid-19 lockdown for a sixmonth period from April to September this year.

In a statement, former minister Bikram Majithia said it is condemnabl­e that the government and state education minister Vijay Inder Singla have surrendere­d before the private school and even submitted in the high court that the private schools had the right to fix fee.

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Bikram Singh Majithia
■ Bikram Singh Majithia

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