write a debate on capitation fee charged in school
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Good morning everyone present here. Distinguished guests, learned jury, and my dear fellow students, I stand here to express my views on ‘the unfair practice of charging capitation fee by schools’. The educational expenses in the current times have assumed back-breaking proportions. The tuition fee charged by the private schools is so much that an ordinary man or woman cannot have his or her children educated at such schools. Adding to the burden, these schools charge capitation fee according to their own policies which aim at collecting funds from the parents. The parents all across the nation are protesting against this financial burden.
The Honourable Supreme Court of India has issued a directive against the capitation fee. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices A R Dave, A K Sikri, R K Agrawal, A K Goel and R Banumathi said the objective of setting up educational institutions must not be to make profit and the government must step in to regulate the sector to promote merit, curb malpractices and secure merit-based admission in a transparent manner.
According to the directive Education must treated as a noble occupation on 'no-profit-no-loss' basis. Any school that indulges in profiteering activities through ill practices such as charging exorbitant tuition fee, admission fee, or any type of capitation fee must be strictly dealt with by the Government. The parents must be made aware of this directive. They must protest against any exploitative practice adopted by any educational institute.