Kerala High Court asks schools to not charge any additional fees from students for virtual lessons

Kerala High Court has asked schools not to charge any additional fee from students for attending virtual classes. 

Kerala High Court has passed an order, directing all the schools in the state to not collect any additional fee for virtual classes from the students amidst the coronavirus crises. The state had begun the virtual classes for the school students from June 1, 2020, onwards.

The order passed by a single bench of Justice CS Dias in the order released has also referred the petition to a division bench considering the substantial public interest involved in the virtual classes. 

The bench also observed that across the country several states who are offering virtual educational lessons have ordered schools not to charge any additional fees from the students during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic situation in the state.

The HC has passed the order while hearing a petition filed by two students who have challenged the decision of the schools to demand payment of fee even without beginning regular classes or without provisioning quality virtual classroom teaching or online learning facilities. 

The petition filed has also raised the grievance that the state government has not issued proper guidelines for the online classes being conducted. 

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