EDUCATION

Starved of funds, pvt schools pay staff only half the salary

Chennai: A majority of private schools state were able to pay only 50% of salary to teachers while others did not pay faculty for March and April due to cash crunch. Nearly two lakh teachers and non-teaching staff work in more than 12,000 private schools in Tamil Nadu. A majority of the schools collect term wise or monthly fees from parents. But the Covid-19 crisis and subsequent closure of educational institutions affected cash flow and many schools claim they do not have money to pay their staff.

Schools that collect fees for an entire year also have paid only half the salary for March and April months, a staff member from a prominent school in the city said.

Neelan Arasu, co-ordinator of Federation of Associations of Private Schools in Tamil Nadu, said schools were able to pay only a part of the salary for April to the teachers due to financial crisis.

“Covid-19 has completely rattled the functioning of schools, said N Vijayan, patron of Kancheepuram District Self-Financing Private Schools Association. “Schools are working even harder to prepare quality content and keep students academically active and refreshed through online classes.But the school managements are facing a severe financial crisis, to even pay salary to the teaching and non-teaching and non-teaching staff,” he said.

He further said many schools could not afford the salaries as they don’t have any cash reserves. The government can help the schools withdraw a month’s salary from the employers contribution with EPF and ESI as interest-free loan besides allowing them collect fees from parents who receive monthly salaries, he added.

“A majority of schools have paid 50% of salary to their staff for March and April. We will pay the remaining salary after collecting fees at beginning of the next academic year,” said K R Nandakumar, state secretary of Tamil Nadu Nursery, Primary and Matriculation Higher Secondary Schools Association. Schools could not collect the third term fees due to Covid-19 lockdown, but the expenses for schools remain the same as they need  to pay taxes, insurance, EB bill and PF contributions, get fitness certificate for school vehicles, he added.



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