A Versova school is under tremendous financial pressure but has not stopped paying its staff. The administration has now gone a step ahead and offered help to the parents of its 3,000 students who are struggling with either inconsistent income or are facing difficulties after losing their jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown. It has waived three months' fees for all.

The 40-year-old Children Welfare Centre (CWC) High School at Yari Road has offered a waiver of three months' fees, amounting to Rs 1.8 crore. When it opened, the school catered to Versova Village's fisherfolk community, but over time children of the economically weaker section from the neighbourhood enrolled as well.