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Private schools in five UP districts fail teacher salary norm
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council’s committee on commercialisation of education has ordered scrutiny of private secondary schools in five districts, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Agra, Aligarh and Gorakhpur, for alleged failure to spend at…
The Story in Brief
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council’s committee on commercialisation of education has ordered scrutiny of private secondary schools in five districts, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Agra, Aligarh and Gorakhpur, for alleged failure to spend at least 75% of fee income on teachers’ salaries. Hindustan Times reports that the action followed an examination of financial records from 2021-22 to 2023-24 for schools in Prayagraj.
Only Jagat Taran Golden Jubilee School met the 75% norm. One prominent CBSE school in Shivkuti spent just 34.45% on salaries in 2021-22, rising to 42.79% by 2023-24. The committee suspects similar discrepancies in other districts. Prayagraj’s basic shiksha adhikari has issued notices to 35 schools seeking income and salary expenditure details.
The Indian Opinion
The 75% salary-expenditure rule aims to stop profiteering at teachers’ expense, but the wide variation among schools shows enforcement is patchy. Activists will seize on the low numbers to paint all private schools as exploiters; meanwhile, schools will argue that other legitimate costs eat into fees. The real test is whether the committee’s wider probe finds a few outliers or a systemic pattern. If many schools miss the mark narrowly, the norm itself may need review. Will the committee also examine how much of the remaining income goes to infrastructure versus profit?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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