Consumer forum tells school to refund Rs 2.4L fee

Hyderabad : 17/04/2021

Consumer forum tells school to refund Rs 2.4L fee

Nirupa Vatyam | TNN | Apr 17, 2021

Hyderabad: A district consumer forum here directed Geethanjali The Global School to refund Rs 2.4 lakh to a consumer for collecting the fee by suppressing the fact that their International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGSE) affiliation had been cancelled.
S Rameswar Rao, the complainant, submitted that his son had taken admission in Geethanjali The Global School during the academic year 2016-17 in class 10. After completion of class 10, he had decided to continue in the same school for AS and A level, which is equivalent to class 11 and class 12, for the academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19 and paid a total of Rs 2.4 lakh as fee. He submitted that the school management suppressed the fact that the Board of Cambridge University cancelled the school’s recognition as the school failed to maintain Cambridge International Education standards and collected the fee from parents. He alleged that the school even failed to conduct exams on time due to which most of the students, including his son, lost their valuable academic year.

Rao said that after he started demanding the school to conduct exams, the school suggested him to approach another Cambridge-affiliated school in Gandipet so that his son can continue his studies, but said the school failed to cooperate. He alleged that despite informing the same to Geethanjali The Global School, the management failed to take any steps to correct their mistake. The complainant said that despite submitting a representation to the school, approaching National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and getting a legal notice issued to the management, his issue remained unresolved. Vexed with the attitude of the school, he said that he approached the forum.
The opposite party did not choose to appear before the commission despite a notice being issued. “The institute is responsible for the misrepresentation of facts to the complainant that their school was approved by IGCSE. Thus, it is required to refund Rs 2.4 lakh to the complainant with interest at 6% per annum along with costs,” said the bench after examining the material evidence submitted by the complainant.