Renbemo L Patton
Saron Colony, Wokha
None seems to have heard the plea of the masses, not even a church run institutes, despite of several appeal to private schools and colleges from various individuals as well as from student bodies like NSF, to waive off at least some few per cent of school fees, owing to hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, except for KROS College, Kohima. Perhaps, the slogan we use to adjudge ourselves “Nagaland for Christ” is becoming thinner and thinner as we no longer love and care for our neighbours, but have become avaricious ourselves.
On the contrary, it is very encouraging to see our neighbouring state like Assam government, who had issued an order for 25 per cent fee cut from May 1, 2020 till formal and physical opening of schools. Similarly, there are cases in some other states, where government had even warned of disaffiliation against private school managements for demanding school fees from parents amid covid19 crises. Consequently, it will certainly bring relief to many grieving parents/guardians if our Nagaland government too can implement such regulation for waiving off fee.
However, it is ‘Better Late than Never’.
