New Delhi: AAM AADMI Party (AAP) President Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday slammed the newly introduced education bill regulating the fees of private schools, saying it “against the middle class parents and students.,Bhardwaj further said that the party has launched a campaign against the law and is distributing pamphlets outside the private schools in Delhi to raise awareness among the parents on the increase in fees. “A new education law has been enacted about the fees of private schools. It is fully designed for private school owners and against the middle class of children and parents. For this, we have launched a campaign today, under which we are distributing these pamphlets outside private schools in all the assemblies of Delhi. Hamdwaz told reporters in the national capital, “We are distributing them to make them aware … and there is no provision how to apply the implemented fee on 1 April.Earlier, on 6 August, in its attack on the AAP, the school fee regulation bill as “anti-guardian and supporter-management”. The party also proposed four major amendments to protect the rights of parents. Senior AAP leader and Opposition Leader (LOP), Atisi, shared that the AAP shared that the AAP has submitted proposals to make the school audit mandatory, representation of parents, easy complaint thresholds, and the right to challenge the committee’s decisions in the court.The Assembly LOP said that the bjp MLAs will now have to prove through their votes whether they are standing with a Delhi parents or with an official statement with private school profiteers.Addressing a press conference with AAP Sanjeev Jha and MLA Kuldeep Kumar, Atisi said, “The BJP-led Delhi government has brought a bill to regulate private school fees-a bill that was in discussion since April. In that month, private schools had arbitrary hiking fees, locking, lock.Delhi Lop said, “Parents protested against the increase in heat, saying,” Parents stood outside schools in 40 degrees heat. At that time, the BJP government said that it will bring a bill. The bill was approved by the cabinet in April.He further carried forward the BJP -led government for not consulting the stakeholders, alleging that the bill was hidden for four months.“No consultation was observed in this bill -not with any educationists, not with legal experts, and of course not with parents. The parents were asking to give their input, at least to show the draft -but for four months, the bill was hidden. Why this bill is not for the parents of children studying in private schools.
