[lg policy] Unaided schools in Karnataka on another war with edu department

[Harold Schiffman]

Unaided schools in Karnataka on another war with edu department
Published: Saturday, Dec 25, 2010, 8:53 IST
By Rashmi Belur | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

After the most controversial language policy created an unbridled
conflict between the state education department and unaided private
schools, here is another one where the state unaided private schools
have declared a legal war against the education department. The state
department of public instructions (DPI) wanted the unaided private
schools to pay their faculty on par with the state government
teachers. The department had recently issued a circular to unaided
schools regarding the same, which has also reached most of the other
schools.

However, the recently affiliated unaided schools from the state
government, are not ready to accept the new rule and insist that the
department should refrain from imposing such things on them.
Questioning this new rule of the department, the Karnataka Unaided
Schools Management Association (Kusma) has decided to move to court.
“This is not a simple issue. To avoid any problems in the future we
have decided to move the court,” said GS Sharma president Kusma. Kusma
will now file a petition before the Supreme Court on December 27, 2010
questioning the education department’s circular.

As per the circular sent to unaided schools, if the schools fail to
implement it, the affiliation will be withdrawn. “That is what raised
our temper. We have not violated any rules, but they are threatening
to cancel affiliation,” Sharma said. The circular says, “All the
unaided schools affiliated to state board need to pay the faculty on
par with the state government school teachers. Even the salaries
should not be provided in cash, schools need to open a bank account
for the faculty and the salary should be credited to their accounts
every month. If schools fail to implement it, then the affiliation
will be withdrawn.”

The government is trying to impose this on private schools for years,
but schools cannot accept it. Even if they accept it, it would be a
burden on the parents,” said D Shashikumar, organising secretary
Karnataka State Private Schools Management Federation. More than 2000
unaided private schools in the state have been affiliated to the state
government. “If the government wants us to implement it, then let the
grants go to all the unaided schools. We will accept it without any
issues,” says Sharma.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_unaided-schools-in-karnataka-on-another-war-with-edu-department_1485865
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