Minister of state for school education Fauzia Khan in the Legislative Assembly said that the school education department had sent a showcause notice to St. Joseph School at Agripada for illegally collecting `1,800 from every student for the last three years. The department has also directed the school to return the money to the students. Ms Khan also assured the House that action would be initiated against the school.
MNS legislators Mangesh Sangle and Bala Nandgaonkar had raised the issue of discriminatory treatment meted out to students from poor families in St. Joseph School. They alleged that four students were not allowed to attend classes just because they could not pay the fees.
Ms Khan replied that it was true that the school had collected `50 lakh illegally and had been directed to return the money. “The school is aided and not allow-ed to collect additional funds. We have served a notice to the management asking it why its affiliation should not be cancel-led,” Ms Khan said.
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Patil says cctv camera project is in final stages
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, July 18
Home minister R.R. Patil on Thursday reiterated in the Legislative Council that the project of instalment of CCTV cameras is in the final stages with its budget in place. He said that `950 crore had been sanctioned for Mumbai and `348 crore was sanctioned for Pune.
The issue of instalment was raised by a Calling Attention motion, to which Mr Patil said, “Mindful of the fact that the Kumbh Mela will be held in Nashik in 2015, the decision to install CCTV cameras was taken, and budget allocations have been finalised for this. An amount of `51 crore has been sanctioned for Nashik.”
“In addition to the installation of CCTV cameras, the Nashik commissioner of police has put in a request to create 528 additional posts in the police department. It is learnt that the city is developing at a fast pace and there is increasing migrant population so it is necessary to increase the police force manpower,” said Mr Patil.
Mr Patil, however, also accepted that there is shortage of manpower in the police force, as 6,10,000 posts are lying vacant.