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Fetters needed

Sir, — Apropos the Editorial, "Unfettering higher education" (March 8), the private educational institution runners have every right to run their organisations according to their will and choice, as they put their money into it but that does not give them an unfettered right to maraud the students with their whimsical and unjustifiable fee structure. It is really hurting to the poor parents, who want to give the best higher education to their children but cannot due to the astronomical rise in fee. It puts them under tremendous mental agony. The scene is no different at primary and secondary level. The situation can be gauged from the fact that in Delhi, to get your ward admitted in a good play-school, one need to be ready to shell out Rs. 2,000-4,000 as admission fee, excluding the monthly fee which stands above thousand rupees. In such a grim situation, where money rules everything, the meritorious child stands no chance. And this is the reason why the Government's limited hold on these institutions is necessary so that the child of the poor would not be deprived of his basic right to good education. I would like to plead with the Supreme Court to set explicit guidelines for all the institutions, clearly defining and elaborating the role of the State Government to plug loopholes manipulated and exploited by the institutions.

Shraddha Maheshwari,
New Delhi

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Sir, — Justice in haste is justice in confusion. Recent court rulings on higher education cause confusion and undue fear among students and parents. The Government has not yet finalised the fee structure and sharing of seats, and it must be made keeping in view the needs of the lower socio-economic class.

B.S. Ganesh,
Bangalore

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