The Uttarakhand Education Secretary has issued an order directing the government and private schools in the state to stop collecting the tuition fees from the students due to the COVID-19 spread in the country.
In a letter addressed to the District Magistrates, the education secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram has stated that it has been brought to the notice of the government that some of the private schools are pressuring the parents of the students to submit the tuition fees immediately, condemning the move with the lockdown imposed in the state due to the COVID-19 spread in the country.
She also added that the order to stop the collection of fees by all the government and private schools affiliated to the CBSE ICSE or the state boards has been issued and that the fee must not be collected until the situation normalizes.
Uttarakhand has reported four positive cases which include 1 foreign national. India has recorded a total of 606 cases which includes 43 foreign nationals with 10 deaths reported.
The central government has announced a total lockdown for 21 days in the country in order to curb the spread of the disease in the country.
State boards along with the CBSE and ICSE boards have postponed the class 10 and 12 board examinations. Earlier the board examinations were postponed until March 31, 2020. The rescheduled dates of class 10 and 12 board examinations will be released after March 31, 2020.
Along with the class 10 and 12 board examinations, the national entrance examinations have also been postponed due to the lockdown imposed. Schools and colleges along with the universities had been ordered earlier to shut down classes for the students to avoid the spread of the virus among students.
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