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The Gujarat high court on Wednesday observed that teachers’ efforts to teach children online during this Covid-19 pandemic should not be ignored and they “must be paid for their time and service justly”.The high court also said that private schools should avoid other overhead fees for bus service, sports and recreation and they may “adopt a non-profit outlook for the next few months”. This is because many people have lost jobs and thousands of others are working on reduced salaries and schools must take this into consideration.The education news HC based its decision on these observations and junked the state government’s resolution banning fee collection by unaided schools till they remain physically shut. The bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J B Pardiwala ordered the state government and the association of self-financed schools to sit at a table to negotiate with “open mind and open heart” and ordered the government to see that there is a balance of interests of financially distressed parents and school managements. “Keeping in mind the current situation, a balance has to be struck between providing children a reasonable education and allowing schools to stay afloat,” the court observed and added, “It would be too much to say that private schools shall not demand any fees.” The HC asked both parties to negotiate 10 different issues including fees and how long online teaching will continue. After negotiations, the government has been ordered to issue a fresh resolution.The HC passed the order in response to PILs complaining against private schools pressuring parents to pay fees for the lockdown period, schools teaching toddlers online, the negative impact of the government’s no-fee diktat as well as the private schools’ challenge to the government decision.
The high court acknowledged the teachers’ work in these times and observed, “Managing the education of students remotely by conducting online classes is a tedious job. As individuals, their efforts and hard work shouldn’t be ignored. As professionals, they must be paid for their time and service justly. Thus, it is acceptable for schools to charge a reasonable tuition fee for the online classes they conduct.” The HC also said that parents must acknowledge that online teaching is not futile and they need to pay appropriately.The HC also said that life has been thrown off track completely for the past few months. “What children need most is a sense of continuity and routine to make them feel like life is back on track. Schools are the best way to provide a child this sense of normalcy, even if the schooling is online. In the best interests of children, we must strike a healthy balance to keep their education intact,” it said.
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