The simmering war between parents and school managements over the revised fee structure and refund of excess fee amount collected has now entered the cyberspace. The SBOA Parents' Welfare Association opened a web portal to highlight the discrepancies in the school fee structure on Thursday.
Apart from the fee issue, the portal is also being developed into a comprehensive website offering educational tips, online quizzes and also syllabus-related extra study materials that can be easily accessed for reference purposes.
"We wanted to ensure better coordination among our members. By creating a common platform, it will be easier for us to operate and keep everyone updated about the latest happenings," said R Manimohan, joint secretary, SBOA, Parents' Welfare Association.
The website, http://www.sboapwa.com/, bears a banner "Education for all and not for sale". It also has a detailed compilation of the parents' movement against excess fee collection and also the ongoing efforts to get the extra amount collected refunded to parents.
According to members of the Parents' Welfare Association, they were toying with the idea ever since they felt a strong need for better coordination amongst themselves so as to ensure that their efforts against relevant issues in the school education sector are addressed and tackled in a constructive manner . The site highlights the fact that the association have written to the school management on August 24 and October 2 seeking refund of excess fee collected in 2009-10.
"It is a comprehensive website and we want it to be a tool to aid the overall development of the children apart from their regular activities at school and home," said M Saravanan, joint secretary, SBOA, Parents' Welfare Association.
The site also has a flash news banner in which the latest development concerning the refund of excess fee amount and other major news related to the school education sector constantly flashing on the home page. The site has been designed and maintained by Janana Technologies Solutions, a city-based software firm.
According to the association members, the district unit of Students' Welfare Association of Parents (SWAP) have also expressed interest in putting up their activities on the online platform so as not to confine it to a single school alone.
The Coimbatore SWAP unit was primarily responsible for raising the issue of excess fee which had led to the formation of special fee determination committee by the state government.
School authorities and management representatives too welcomed the cyber initiative by parents to provide additional learning and recreational aid to children. But they claimed that as far as the school fee structure was concerned, it differs for individual schools.
"Even the government has agreed that if a school is providing additional facilities and teaching techniques, then it can collect fee in a fair manner from parents. Moreover, there is no compulsion for the parents to enrol their children in a particular school. They can always opt for a school with an agreeable fee structure," said R Visalakshi, president of Federation of Association of Private Schools, Coimbatore.
Apart from the fee issue, the portal is also being developed into a comprehensive website offering educational tips, online quizzes and also syllabus-related extra study materials that can be easily accessed for reference purposes.
"We wanted to ensure better coordination among our members. By creating a common platform, it will be easier for us to operate and keep everyone updated about the latest happenings," said R Manimohan, joint secretary, SBOA, Parents' Welfare Association.
The website, http://www.sboapwa.com/, bears a banner "Education for all and not for sale". It also has a detailed compilation of the parents' movement against excess fee collection and also the ongoing efforts to get the extra amount collected refunded to parents.
According to members of the Parents' Welfare Association, they were toying with the idea ever since they felt a strong need for better coordination amongst themselves so as to ensure that their efforts against relevant issues in the school education sector are addressed and tackled in a constructive manner . The site highlights the fact that the association have written to the school management on August 24 and October 2 seeking refund of excess fee collected in 2009-10.
"It is a comprehensive website and we want it to be a tool to aid the overall development of the children apart from their regular activities at school and home," said M Saravanan, joint secretary, SBOA, Parents' Welfare Association.
The site also has a flash news banner in which the latest development concerning the refund of excess fee amount and other major news related to the school education sector constantly flashing on the home page. The site has been designed and maintained by Janana Technologies Solutions, a city-based software firm.
According to the association members, the district unit of Students' Welfare Association of Parents (SWAP) have also expressed interest in putting up their activities on the online platform so as not to confine it to a single school alone.
The Coimbatore SWAP unit was primarily responsible for raising the issue of excess fee which had led to the formation of special fee determination committee by the state government.
School authorities and management representatives too welcomed the cyber initiative by parents to provide additional learning and recreational aid to children. But they claimed that as far as the school fee structure was concerned, it differs for individual schools.
"Even the government has agreed that if a school is providing additional facilities and teaching techniques, then it can collect fee in a fair manner from parents. Moreover, there is no compulsion for the parents to enrol their children in a particular school. They can always opt for a school with an agreeable fee structure," said R Visalakshi, president of Federation of Association of Private Schools, Coimbatore.
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