Parents agitate against fee hike in private city school

Guardians of students of B D Memorial School at Narendrapur in the southern extreme of the city agitated since yesterday over an alleged steep fee hike despite promise by the school authorities not to do so.
A section of the guardians blocked traffic on the main road in front of the school demanding rollback of the hike. They had also similarly demonstrated yesterday, the police said.
The demonstrators were later persuaded to withdraw the blockade following talks with the school administration, the police said.
The father of a student of class eight in the CBSE-affiliated B D Memorial School, said, "The authorities suddenly asked for additional payment of Rs 18,000 as development fee for September in the Secondary section."

Principal B Chowdhury said the parents had been informed about the fee hike beforehand and the hike was meant to better facilities.
The hike consisted of tuition fees, expenses for multimedia and others to provide students quality education and the parents had been informed beforehand about the hike.
However, the school authorities will sit with the guardians to discuss the matter soon, the principal said.
The institution is one of the three B D Memorial branches in the city.