In a notification, the Gujarat government directed private schools to not collect tuition fees from students as long as they remain shut in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-financed School Management Association’s (SSMA) spokesperson Dipak Rajyaguru on Thursday said almost all the self-financed schools in the State refrained from imparting online education. “If the government believes online education is not real education, then there is no meaning of imparting such unreal education to our students. Online education will remain suspended until the government withdraws that notification,” Mr. Rajyaguru said in a statement. The schools contend that they have to pay salaries of the teachers who conduct online classes even though schools are closed.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 22:18 UTC