School transport fees ‘unacceptable’
Dear Sir,
This concern the transport fees being charged for the final term (December 2012 –March 2013 ) by the Birla Public School in Doha.
When I checked with the school’s accounts office I was told that I needed to pay the fees for four months rather than the usual three months because the school was closing on December 9. It’s a management decision, I was told. One month’s transport fees is being charged for just nine days. This is totally unacceptable to me as a parent.
I checked with the MES Indian School and I was told that their last working day was December 6 and no transport fees was being charged for December. Only nine months’ transport fees is being collected in a year. Why is BPS alone charging for 10 months?
There is no uniformity in the closing and opening dates of Indian schools in Qatar.
Could the Supreme Education Council please look into this and take necessary steps so that the parents are not burdened like this.
Name and e-mail address withheld
An educational mockery
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter out of my personal experience, just to spread awareness.
Having a need for a professional certification recently, I decided to look up a few places. I couldn’t help but notice the number of private educational institutions in Qatar. Many being international franchises, I decided to inquire about their course offerings. After a few calls here and there I enrolled myself in one of them, expecting the same or somewhat near the services of the international main branches.
After a couple of weeks into the programme I realised the standards were nowhere near my expectations; not enough working equipment for all students (most stuff was just dummy), frequently absent mentors and more frequent cancelled classes, to further dismay nobody at the managerial level would be available for queries. Often times it has been that only students would be present in the institute. The only time they would contact is when they want fees. Why should I pay full for promised services that are clearly not being offered?
Disappointed, I contacted some friends only to find out that other institutes had similar situations. Since, when did education become the last priority? A lot of institutes here are a mockery of their main branches, living on the NAME.
I request the Supreme Education Council to look into these matters thoroughly because everyone can put a big show for authorities. Things might not always be what they seem. For everyone else, please be thorough with your inquiries, try talking to somebody who’s been there; there’s no point in having a fancy certificate with no knowledge.
Kiren Pervez. [email protected]
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