Says he created trouble for the institution
Vidya Niketan matric higher secondary school management calls for a press conference on Saturday in Coimbatore. (Photo: DC)
COIMBATORE: After a parent made a shocking allegation that he was was attacked by goons on the campus of a popular school in the city, the Vidya Niketan school has denied that any such attack took place on their school premises. Addressing a media conference here, the Vidya Niketan matriculation higher secondary school correspondent, Rajini Krishnamurthy, said the allegations of the parent, Jagadeeswaran, were totally baseless and aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the school.
On June 19, Jagadeeswaran lodged a police complaint against the school management stating that his son was not allowed to enter school and that he was attacked by goons. He had alleged that his wife, who had worked as an Economics teacher, was not given her pay. When he had asked the school management to adjust her salary dues against the tuition fee of his son, the management sent his son out of the school.
Presenting her version, the school correspondent said Jagadeeswaran had come to get an application for his son Ajay for academic year 2014-2015. He had enquired whether there was a vacancy for a teacher’s post for his wife, Dhanalakshmi. The principal had called her for an interview. “We then asked her to join our public school as there was a vacancy for an Economics teacher to handle plus-one classes,” said the correspondent.
Their son was admitted to class 1 but the parents said they would pay the school fees after a month to which we agreed, the correspondent added. Later, Dhanalakshmi asked the school management to give fee concession. When the management explained that such concessions can be extended only in the second year of her service, Dhanalakshmi started asking for her certificates which she claimed she needed to pursue higher studies.
From July 1, 2014, she stopped coming to school, But Ajay continued studying in the school. “They did not pay the school fees either. When the school office staff called to remind him to pay the fees, Jagadeeswaran said it could be adjusted against his wife’s salary. The office staff explained that teachers should give us two months’ notice to be eligible for salary. The school struggled for almost two months to get a replacement and the portions had to be completed with the help of a part-time teacher,” said the correspondent.
“Jagadeeswaran used to go to the classes without getting permission and question teachers about frivolous things like why the child’s place was changed and he used to wait for an opportunity to quarrel with the teachers. He used to record what he was speaking to them without the teacher’s knowledge.
On June 18, 2014, Jagadeeswaran brought his son in casual clothes and wanted his son to be removed from school. “But our coordinator, Latha Lavanya, advised him not to take him out of the school and spoil his education. Even at the end of the year, he did not pay the school fees.”
He had complained to the inspector of matriculation schools and asked her to take action against the school. When she visited the school and tried to reason out with him, he taped her conversation. He then petitoned the commissioner of police to take action against the school, she said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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