Education minister Vinod Tawde assures action against 'errant' minority schools

More than 100 parents along with their children went to Vidhan Bhavan yesterday, to meet Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state education minister Vinod Tawde regarding the fee hike, and to demand action against some minority schools which they say are taking advantage of the 'minority' title despite not fulfilling all criteria for it. However, as the session is on, only 2-3 parents were allowed to enter the premises.

"We didn't intend to create any ruckus. We only came in large numbers with our children to show the intensity of our issue. But only few parents were allowed to enter and most of us were sent to Azad Maidan by police in their vans," said a parent at Azad Maidan.

"When we came to know that a large number of parents want to meet the State Education Minister, which is not allowed when the Assembly is in session, we dropped them off at Azad Maidan. We only allowed 2-3 parents to meet him," said Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 1.

The parents who managed to meet education minister Vinod Tawde, were assured of action against minority schools. "The minister hinted at a plan of making a committee of MLAs who will verify the minority title of schools," said a spokesperson of the state education minister.