Uttar Pradesh: Schoolchildren hospitalised after fainting during PT practice

Over a dozen students of a government school fainted on Tuesday and were hospitalized after being allegedly forced to perform physical training PT and yoga twice during the morning assembly reported PTI citing officialsThe incident took place at PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya in Harchandpur in the Malwan areaAccording to District Magistrate DM Prem Ranjan Singh some students fell unconscious when they were made to do PT and yoga twice during the school assembly School Principal Sandhya Sharan rushed them to the medical college said the PTI reportAs per the PTI report hospitalized student are now stable The students are from classes 6 to 9 he saidSingh said it was being probed why students were made to exercise twice A medical team has been sent to the school to examine other studentsMumbai Parents protest fee hike at DAV Public School demand rollbackAs the academic year progresses conflicts between school administrations and parents over increased fees are coming to the forefront The latest controversy centres around a sudden 26 per cent fee hike at DAV Public School in Airoli which has sparked significant outrage among parentsOn Saturday nearly 800 parents met with Principal Suman Pradhan to discuss the issue only to be informed that the fee hike would not be revoked Parents were also warned that children of those who have not paid the increased fees will not be allowed to attend schoolThe parents gathered at the school after the administration had been giving evasive responses to their concerns for the past four monthsThe school has been increasing fees every year for the last five years by anywhere between 5 to 8 per cent Now they have hiked the fees by 26 per cent this yearFor example I was paying 42000 which has jumped to 56000 This increase is in tuition fees and they have also added an additional development fee of 2500 from 2023 said Rashmi Vivek a parent with two children at DAV Public School Airoli How can the school burden parents with infrastructure costs on top of the fees we are already paying When we questioned the principal she said If you dont pay the fees your children will sit in classrooms without fans and lights as we will not repair anything Rashmi addedAfter significant pressure from parents the school rolled back the 2500 development fee However they issued a circular stating that no further development work would be carried out in the schoolIn April we wrote to the school management opposing the hike The letter had signatures from nearly 800 parents Later some parents met with the principal who promised to look into the matter On Saturday when all the parents gathered outside the school the supervisor called us irresponsible The development fee has been rolled back but the school is not willing to address the overall 26 per cent fee hike said Ronald DSilva another parent He added The PTA was formed last year but it was not done according to the rulesOfficials from the local Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS unit also met with the school principal to discuss the fee hike and engage with parents They assured parents that the MNS would support them until the fee hike is revoked We have warned the school management that if the fee hike is not rolled back soon we will launch a protest in MNS style said Dinkar Khandu Pagire from MNSThe principal of the school did not reply to repeated attempts made by this reporter to reach her