{"id":63032,"date":"2025-01-20T11:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63032"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:21:43","slug":"al-fajr-academy-fined-rs5-million-for-charging-illegal-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/al-fajr-academy-fined-rs5-million-for-charging-illegal-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Fajr Academy fined Rs5 million for charging illegal fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh has\u00a0<\/span>levied<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>heavy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rs5 million on\u00a0<\/span>Al-Fajr Academy<\/a> for receiving <\/span>\u00a0illegal fees\u00a0<\/span>from students<\/span>\u00a0parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

The development comes <\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>response<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a complaint\u00a0<\/span>filed by a parent, Zohaib Yousufi, who\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>accused<\/span> the school of ncreasing <\/span>tuition fees without approval and\u00a0<\/span>demanding advance payments,\u00a0<\/span>apart<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>charging<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>arbitrary\u00a0<\/span>amounts<\/span> for stationery, supplies, and other activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequently,\u00a0<\/span>an investigation was\u00a0<\/span>initiated<\/span>, and a team of monitoring and inspection officers visited the school on November 27, 2024,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>revealed\u00a0<\/span>that the school was\u00a0<\/span>collecting fees\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>illegitimate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>forms<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the name of\u00a0<\/span>charges for\u00a0<\/span>stationery<\/span>, school bags, courses, and field trips.<\/p>\n

<\/span>A<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>five-member\u00a0<\/span>inquiry committee<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was established\u00a0<\/span>under Rule 18 of the Sindh Private Educational Institutions<\/a> Rules 2005,\u00a0<\/span>consequently\u00a0<\/span>confirmed\u00a0<\/span>these<\/span>\u00a0violations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>found<\/span>\u00a0the school\u00a0<\/span>receiving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tuition<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fees at Rs 35,000 every month, far\u00a0 <\/span>exceeding the approved\u00a0<\/span>Rs 28,150.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>received<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fees<\/span>\u00a0for books, bags, field trips<\/span>\u00a0and even a “parent training fee”. The\u00a0<\/span>order<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>school<\/span>\u00a0refund\u00a0<\/span>to parents\u00a0<\/span>the overcharged amounts<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>That<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>big<\/span>\u00a0win for parents who have been struggling with\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0extra financial burden.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>after<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>notification<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the Sindh government<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fees<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>except<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>admission and tuition charged monthly, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>henceforth<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>carry\u00a0<\/span>illegal<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>connotations<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>tagged<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to them. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>now<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>take<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>strict action\u00a0<\/span>against schools that try to flout these rules, indeed a silver lining for stressed parents<\/span>\u00a0who\u00a0<\/span>get<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>coerced<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>unnecessary\u00a0<\/span>payments<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh has\u00a0levied\u00a0a\u00a0heavy\u00a0fine\u00a0of\u00a0Rs5 million on\u00a0Al-Fajr Academy for receiving \u00a0illegal fees\u00a0from students\u00a0parents. The development comes in\u00a0response\u00a0to\u00a0a complaint\u00a0filed by a parent, Zohaib Yousufi, who\u00a0had\u00a0accused the school of ncreasing tuition fees without approval and\u00a0demanding advance payments,\u00a0apart\u00a0from\u00a0charging\u00a0arbitrary\u00a0amounts for stationery, supplies, and other activities.\u00a0 Subsequently,\u00a0an investigation was\u00a0initiated, and a team of monitoring and inspection officers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":33051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[25910,25911,25912],"class_list":["post-63032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-al-fajr-academy-fine","tag-directorate-of-private-institutions-sindh","tag-sindh-private-educational-institutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63033,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63032\/revisions\/63033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}