The great Indian middle class is the force behind the velocity with which the pre-primary private schools are mushrooming. The gleaming brand and the baggage of the private schools come at a lofty cost. The higher the fee structure the better the school is the accepted belief. Parents stock every new and fancy school to start the admission process. The primary emotion remains to see their children excelling in the English language. Rightly so, English is the official language of 53 countries and is spoken by around 400 million people across the globe.It holds the title of being the most common second language in the world. Internet , most top universities and even the job interviews are conducted in English.Thus, it has emerged as a cat with many hats in the course of progress. Accordingly, it is eminent to bell this cat. The jitters of shaky English speaking in their wards leads to a choice of private schools by the parents. After a heavy investment in the fees, the schools fail to hit a break even with the promises that they have made. The communication skills of the majority of the students in new private schools in Himachal Pradesh as well as in Chandigarh are barely touching the satisfactory level. Though they all charge heavy fees. Manish Aswal from Chandigarh lives in Modern housing Complex.He is a father to twin boys. Aswal said, ”I chose a private school for my boys thinking that a good private institution will provide for the most required and necessary skill of speaking in english but it does not seem to be the case. The school is unable to meet the basic language requirement, forget about the vocabulary building.”He also shared,”All my relatives stay in Chandigarh. Therefore, their children study in different schools here. None of us is satisfied with their schools efforts. The charge fine(in rupees) on a different pretext which keeps increasing the fee burden. The middle class is running pillar to post to make ends meet. In the scenario, it becomes difficult to boost education with the tuitions. Middle-income group having annual income between Rs 3.5-10 lakh, are the worst hit. They refrain from sending their children to government schools. while educating them at private schools is burning a deep hole in their pockets. Parents have to shell out another Rs 8,000-12,000 for books, uniforms, and stationery, which too are sold by the schools. On top of it they levy fines (rupees) on a different pretext which keeps increasing the fee burden. This is the case in tricity which is known to be the hub of education for Himachal, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. In Himachal, it is the same problem marked in red. The government has marked the area and is relentlessly pushing help to smoothen it. The The incidence of choosing a private school which fails to perform at the end of the year is similar to hiring a bodyguard who takes an off on the day you are attacked. Education is embellished with the hard work of both the teachers and the student , it can not be left on chances and luck. The pre-primary schooling forms the basis of education and learning pattern in a child’s life. The government should form a community which can be approached against the none performance of private schools.]]>
