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How the private schools' fee hike is holding education hostage in Pakistan


How the private schools' fee hike is holding education hostage in Pakistan

Adi Abdurab 

Many of you must be aware by now, a protest movement has begun in Punjab against the recent fee hikes in private schools. These schools, among the country's most prestigious, have suddenly increased their fees without any explanation or argument, and expect students to pay up or pack up.
Parents have taken to the streets in Lahore, Islamabad and Sahiwal, voicing outrage at these inordinate increments that do not correlate to the current economic climate.
The schools under discussion here are among the most popular, top-tier 'brands' of education. They have numerous branches in almost every city across the country, and are the kind of places parents usually clamour to get their children enrolled into.
At first, there was an introduction of a withholding tax that has now become part of the outrage, which ranges from Rs20,000/year up to 50,000/year.

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