"Sindh government must ensure that our kids get high-quality education at an affordable fee which is in the larger interest of the country. Karachi Chamber strongly believes that only an educated Pakistan will be able to move forward otherwise, we will be left way behind and the country will continue to face crises", opined president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Shamim Ahmed Firpo.
He urged Sindh Minister for Education & Literacy Jam Mehtab Dahar to take strict notice of the loot being carried out by most of the private schools, who have substantially raised monthly tuition fee by around 10 to 16 percent, making it almost impossible for the lower middle and middle class segments of the society to meet their kids' schooling expenditures.
President KCCI said that a delegation of perturbed parents visited the Karachi Chamber to complain about the massive loot being carried out by private schools, responsible for exorbitantly raising the school fee as per their desire against the honourable Sindh High Court's decision which allows 5 percent increase.
Firpo said that parents recently staged a demonstration to strongly condemn the rise in school fee by private schools but no action has been taken so far which was the basic reason why they felt it necessary to knock KCCI's doors for assistance.
President KCCI Shamim Ahmed Firpo, after listening to the grievances being faced by perturbed parents in the ongoing era of inflation, said that the unprecedented annual increase in tuition fee was a sheer violation of the court's order that prohibits raise in tuition fee by more than five percent.
He mentioned that last year in Oct, the Sindh High Court, while rejecting the petition of city's private schools for increasing their fee by more than five percent, directed Sindh Education Department to enforce the restricted increase in fee and submit quarterly audited accounts report of the private schools in the court.
Firpo stated that Karachi city was known for being a city of well educated people but it appears that these private schools want to transform this city from a city of educated to illiterate people. "In the ongoing era of inflation, parents are striving really hard to get their kids educated in better schools but if the situation goes on like this, it will be impossible for parents to send kids to such expensive schools where imparting education has become a lucrative business", he opined.
He cautioned that a new trend has emerged nowadays which is really disturbing as parents prefer to send boys only to a better school whereas the girls are being sent to inexpensive schools where the quality of education is really pathetic. "In some cases, girls are even disallowed to go to schools as their parents are unable to afford the schooling expenditures of three to four kids which is really worrisome as it promotes gender discrimination", he added.
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