Delhi govt wins courtroom battle as high Dwarka college faces probe, 11 non-public faculties issued notices for price fraud

NEW DELHI: After issuing show-cause notices to 11 non-public faculties for unfair price hikes and irregularities in accounts, Delhi Schooling Minister Ashish Sood on Thursday claimed a serious victory in opposition to a high non-public college in Dwarka after a courtroom ordered an inspection led by the District Justice of the Peace.
Speaking to media, Sood stated notices had been issued to 11 faculties after their accounts had been inspected by Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) and prima facie there are indicators of mismanagement.
“We do not wish to create a sensation by saying what motion shall be taken in opposition to them however I can say the Rekha Gupta authorities is dedicated to safeguarding pursuits of scholars and oldsters,” he stated.
The faculties named by the Minister embody Inexperienced Land Public Faculty, Rajgarh Colony; Geeta Bal Bharti Senior Secondary Faculty, Rajgarh Colony; Saroj Montessori Public Faculty, Vivek Vihar; Puneet Public Faculty, Vishwas Nagar; Arwachin Bharti Bhawan Faculty, Vivek Vihar; Lancer Convent, Prashant Vihar; The Srijan Faculty, Mannequin City; Queen Mary’s Faculty; Guru Tegh Bahadur Faculty, Mira Mannequin Faculty, Janakpuri and St. Gregorious Faculty.
Speaking concerning the high non-public college in Dwarka, he stated a courtroom has directed the “District Justice of the Peace to cease high-handedness of the college in Dwarka and we now have issued a show-cause discover to it.”
He claimed that based mostly on a report given by the DM, the courtroom has even gone on to say that the Dwarka college ought to be taken over by the federal government for alleged wrongdoings.
The Minister stated, because of the efforts of the Delhi authorities, the courtroom has directed Director, Schooling, and his group to go to the Dwarka college and make sure that no violation of the Delhi Faculty Schooling Act, 1973, takes place within the establishment.
“That is how we now have managed to settle a five-year-old legacy subject associated to the college,” he stated, slamming the earlier AAP authorities and its former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of doing little to self-discipline the college and solely utilizing it as a case to create sensational headlines.
Sood introduced that with the assistance of SDMs the Rekha Gupta authorities has received accounts of 650 faculties audited whereas the earlier AAP authorities audited accounts of 750 faculties in 10 years.
Requested about protests by mother and father over price hike, Sood stated complaints of unfair price hike weren’t new to Delhi and accused the AAP authorities previously of failing to behave in opposition to faculties.
“The AAP authorities solely made sensational feedback about non-public faculties and took populist stands to seize media consideration,” he stated, accusing the earlier authorities of inaction in opposition to errant faculties.
The Minister stated the Delhi Faculty Schooling Act, 1973 mandates annual audits for all 1,677 non-public faculties within the metropolis. Nevertheless, over the previous decade, solely about 75 faculties had been audited yearly.
Hitting out at “unemployed leaders” of the AAP for elevating non-issues to defame the two-month-old BJP authorities, he stated the Opposition get together made failed makes an attempt to unfold rumours about suspension of energy invoice subsidy and improve in energy cuts within the metropolis after the BJP authorities got here to energy.
He additionally accused the AAP of resorting to its failed tactic of constructing an allegation and operating away, with out caring to answer clarifications and details introduced by the BJP authorities.
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