IMPHAL June 15: Private school authorities are selling school uniforms and other items at much higher rates than the actual MRP which is broad daylight looting of students, secretary general of Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur P Premchandra said today.
Speaking to media persons today at their office, Premchandra said the student body conducted a recent survey of private schools in and around Imphal which provide school dresses and other stationery items to their students on their own.
He said during one such survey at EK Higher Secondary School, a DESAM team found that the school uniforms and other items like school bags were priced way above their MRP.
A belt which could cost at the most Rs 150 was being sold at the rate of Rs 400 while a school shoe with a price tag of Rs 420 was found to be sold at Rs 450 in the school, he claimed.
All other items including the socks, sweaters, bags were found to be priced excessively and over the MRP, he continued.
This should be stopped at the earliest and the society should not allow such looting of the school students, he said and further appealed to school authorities to put a stop on such actions.
DESAM will continue to conduct such survey and is appealing to the school authorities to support the effort, he said.
DESAM Education and Academic Affairs secretary Bormani said several armed UG outfits consider the private schools and other educational institutes as `money bags`™.
This in turn has forced the private school authorities to consider their schools as a profit making enterprise severely affecting the academic atmosphere, he added.
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