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Schools’ Fee Hike Issue in Balochistan

Sarfaraz Baloch   

General opinion formed by some families that the private Schools and Colleges are relevant source to produce intelligent and ingenious pupils. However, a sudden increase in the school fee has created disastrous situation for middle class families and to their budget. Because it is very tough to pay a high sum in shape of admission fee, monthly fee, school fund and some other expenses like uniforms, books, notebooks and several stationery items.

 The schools owners and administration justify that the main purpose of increasing fee was to take fine security measurements, furnishing basic needs plus facilities and providing standard educational back up to the students in institutions.

Regrettably, most of the institutions fail to fulfill the radical necessities in campuses and having no doubt that the educational sector is going to  find a menace for example lone security guard, improper connection of CCTvs, impure water destroyed latrines, messy canteens and lack of trained teachers as well irrelevant management by authorized signifies a great downfall in educational sector.

It is very tough to pay a high sum in shape of admission fee, monthly fee, school fund and some other expenses like uniforms, books, notebooks and several stationery items.

A demand by the parents of the students has been observed that the Provincial Government should supervise the functioning of private schools, so as not to let it become a business or means of earning millions.   

Therefore, the Government is humbly request to take this issue very serious and shall bring fee problem on conclusion where the parents feel ease to provide good education to their children rather than considering these Private institutions as business. Create mechanism for students who are desirous to quench their thrust of knowledge.        

 Published in The Balochistan Point on April 02, 2016

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