School fees and salary structure issued
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 17 2021:
The Directorate of Education, with the approval of the State Government, has released new structure of school fees and salary of teachers and staff of all private and Government aided schools which shall be effective from May 1, 2021 until further order or the prevailing COVID-19 protocols are lifted completely.
In an order issued in this regard, the Director of Education (S), L Nandakumar prescribed schools to collect 50 percent of the monthly payable fees from students and advised 70 percent of monthly payable salary to the teachers and the staff of the school.
The order also asserted that tuition fees of the students whose lost both parents lost due to COVID-19 should not be charged.
The Department has no objection if any parent wishes to pay more than the prescribed fee in the interest of the teaching community during this difficult time of Covid pandemic, the order said.
The Director, on the advice of the Ministry of Home Affairs, also encouraged online or distance teaching-learning mode to continue to the extent possible and ordered to ensure all guidelines issued by the said Ministry and Department of Home, Govt of Manipur are strictly complied with in letter and spirit.