Indore Schools Fined for Forcing Uniform and Textbook Purchases

The Indore district administration fined two private schools Rs 2 lakh each for mandating parents to purchase uniforms and textbooks from specific outlets. Following complaints, show-cause notices were issued, and the schools' unsatisfactory responses led to the fines under the Madhya Pradesh Private Schools Act.

The Indore district administration on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each on two private schools for compelling parents to buy uniforms and textbooks from a particular outlet.

One of the schools was selling uniforms and textbooks itself, while the other had asked the parents to buy them only from two shops, said district education officer Manglesh Kumar Vyas.

Show-cause notices were issued to the school managements following complaints from parents, he said. As the replies to the notices were not satisfactory, collector Ashish Singh imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each on the two schools under the Madhya Pradesh Private Schools (Regulation of Fees and Related Matters) Act, Vyas said.

The fine is to be paid within seven days, he added.

(With inputs from agencies.)