Fees not paid: Child rights' panel intervenes after students made to sit separately
Thane, Jun 13: The Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) on Thursday held a hearing in connection with some students allegedly being made to sit separately in a Thane school due to non-payment of fees, an official said.
During the hearing, Thane Zilla Parishad education officers Lalita Dahitule and Balasaheb Rakshe informed the commission that they visited the Thane Police School premises and noticed there was partial treatment to students who did not pay the fees for the ongoing academic year and were asked to sit separately in the assembly area, the MSCPCR said in a statement.
While it is imperative for parents to pay the fees, under no circumstance should school authorities made children pawns to extract fees, the commission's chairperson Susieben Shah said.
"They should not be subject to humiliation of any kind or nature. The payment of fees is a contract between the school and parents and should be dealt with accordingly," Shah added,
"The digitization process is on in the school wherein they can pay the fees online via an app. The students were only in the assembly area. There was no discrimination of any sort with the students," the school's principal said.
Shah directed that the school should conduct a seminar to explain the entire application and fees procedure.
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Mustafa Bengre elected District President of SIO Dakshina Kannada for 2026 term
Mangaluru: Mustafa Bengre has been unanimously elected as the District President of the Students Islamic Organisation of India, Dakshina Kannada Unit (SIO DK), for the 2026 term. The election was conducted through an internal organisational process, led by SIO Karnataka State Secretary Sufyan Zain.
Mustafa Bengre holds a BBA degree from Mangalore University and is a resident of Kasba Bengre in Mangaluru. He is currently working as a sales executive at Vibro Aqua.
He has previously served as the District Secretary of SIO Dakshina Kannada, City Secretary of SIO Mangaluru and has been actively involved in several social service initiatives in Bengre and across the Dakshina Kannada district.
