Display fee structure at entrance by June 5, private schools told

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:56:00 +0000

The Directorate of Private Schools, functioning under the School Education Department, has directed all private schools in Tamil Nadu to publish their tuition fees by June 10.

The directive follows a recent ruling by the Tamil Nadu Information Commission that the school fee structure should be displayed at the entrance of the schools. The Commission instructed the Directorate of Private Schools to ensure compliance with its order and submit a report by June 15. “It has already been instructed that all types of private self-financing schools operating under the Directorate of Private Schools should not charge any fees other than tuition fees,” according to a circular from the Directorate.

The order has directed the principals of all private nursery, primary, matriculation, CBSE, and other board schools to advertise the fee structure fixed by the fee-fixing committee at the schools for the benefit of members of the public. The fees must also be published on the websites of the schools and the tuition fees must be printed class-wise in the application forms for admission.

“All private nursery, primary, matriculation, CBSE, and other board schools must advertise their tuition fees in a transparent manner on the notice board…” the circular said.

The fee structure must be advertised at schools by June 5 and on the school websites by June 10. “The details should be submitted to this office as a report and the respective Chief Education Officer must be informed,” the circular said. It asked all the Chief Education Officers to verify during inspections whether the fee structure was displayed and obtain photographic evidence thereof.

Published – June 02, 2026 10:26 pm IST

Source link

Kedarnath Temple: Tonnes Of Untreated Waste Being Dumped In Landfills In Kedarnath: RTI Query

admin — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:17:25 +0000

The two landfill sites near the temple are reaching their saturation point, an activist said.

Dehradun:

Tonnes of untreated waste continues to be dumped at the landfill sites around the famous Himalayan temple of Kedarnath, causing concern as the area is eco-sensitive.

A total of 49.18 tonnes of unprocessed garbage generated in Kedarnath was dumped at the two landfill sites near the temple between 2022 and 2024, an RTI query filed by a Noida-based environmentalist has revealed.

The non-processed garbage generated in the area also showed a rising trend during the period, with 13.2 tonnes of untreated waste generated in 2022, 18.48 tonnes in 2023 and 17.5 tonnes so far this year, according to the Uttarakhand government’s response to the query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Besides, the eco-sensitive area also generated 23.3 tonnes of inorganic garbage during the period.

However, all of it was processed or recycled, the public information officer of the Kedarnath Nagar Panchayat said in response to the RTI query filed by Amit Gupta.

“The RTI data is shocking both in terms of the quantity of garbage generated and the manner in which it has been left untreated. It proves once again that there is no proper garbage management system in Kedarnath, which is an eco-sensitive area,” Mr Gupta said.

“The temple is situated at a height of 12,000 feet, where there are also glaciers. The eco-sensitivity of the area is beyond doubt. The lack of a proper garbage management system in Kedarnath even figured in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme last year. Still, nothing is being done by the authorities on the ground to transport the plastic waste to the plains and process it,” he said.

The two landfill sites near the temple are reaching their saturation point. If things continue in this manner, another tragedy like the 2013 disaster is unavoidable, the activist said.

What makes the situation even more worrying is that the response to the RTI query claims that no complaint was registered or action taken during the period against garbage disposal in an irresponsible manner.

“I have been writing to the authorities for the last two years on the garbage issue in Kedarnath. At least half a dozen complaints have been filed by me alone,” Mr Gupta said.

“The NGT and the NMCG have also taken note of my complaints. Sharing my concern, they directed the authorities to do something to rid the holy place located in the ecologically fragile Himalayas of untreated waste by setting up enough sewage treatment plants in Kedarnath,” he added.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has also written to the Rudraprayag district administration, asking it to take necessary steps to stop the rising pollution levels of the Mandakini river, which flows near the Himalayan temple.

The NMCG issued the directions to the district administration on a complaint filed by Mr Gupta on the basis of an RTI query, which revealed that the absence of sewage treatment plants in Kedarnath is leading to rising pollution levels in the Mandakini, a tributary of the Ganga, with untreated waste being released directly into it.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Source link

Right to Information – Artifex.News

Display fee structure at entrance by June 5, private schools told

Kedarnath Temple: Tonnes Of Untreated Waste Being Dumped In Landfills In Kedarnath: RTI Query