THEY FINALLY BACKED DOWN AND WE WON!! WE STOPPED THAT UNFAIR FEE HIKE IN ITS TRACKS BECAUSE WE STOOD TOGETHER!! STAY VIGILANT BUT CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE TRIUMPH TODAY!!
May 26, 2017
Final supporters
Subject: New Infrastructure development fee. Ref : Circular no. ISM/PRN/090/2016-17 This is regarding the new infrastructure development fee planning to be introduced from 2017 – 18 academic year onwards. We received the above cited circular signed by you and found a press report quoting Indian Schools BOD Chairman in this regard. We have discussed in the last open forum about a contribution of RO.10/- each per child for the construction of the new school at Al - Awabi. The proposal was to collect a one- time contribution from all the students of Indian Schools in Oman. So that no extra financial burden will come on ISM parents alone. The present facilities what we are enjoying in our schools are contributed by our community in Oman. Therefore it is our moral responsibility to contribute for the new school. We are firm on our words. But where are your words and assurances. You have assured the following in the open forum. 1. Regular noting of the minutes of the meeting and uploading in the website. 2. Transparency in the School Management, particularly in financial side. 3. A special session of the Parents Open Forum to discuss the Parent sub-committee report on the fee hike. Therefore we, the Parents of ISM who signed below, would like to confirm the following facts; 1. We are not ready to pay a recurring fee for the future years. Maximum we are ready for onetime payment of OMR 10 ( Omani Rial Ten only ) 2. This one also will not be a cash payment. The school is holding an excess fees of RO. 2/- (Rials Omani 2 only) per month per child collected during last year. So each parent has already contributed RO. 24 per child during last year and the school can transfer OMR 10 (Rials Omani Ten only) from that amount, as onetime payment, for the construction of Al Awabi School. (We will let you know about treatment of balance of RO.14 later). In addition, we demand the following; 1. A special session of the Parents Open Forum to discuss the Parent sub-committee report on the fee hike 2. There shall be a permanent set up to note the minutes of the meetings of the Parents’ open forum and to upload the same in school website without any delay. 3. The exact summary estimates of the projects approved by the BOD for which the infrastructure development fund will be used.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
April 3, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
April 1, 2017
158 Comments
Considering the current situation, the SMC and Board should take back the fee increase It was mentioned that the Parents agreed. Which parent? Is it possible to provide the list? Is the list is majority that is more than 50% of the parent agreed, (approx 4500 parents) No way.... So please reconsider and withdraw
My job was lost in November and now working in less than the half salary. Looting the innocents parents must be stopped. Cost cut down to be done for the school activities too. Pls take necessary action for cost cutting.
The contribution should have been voluntary and not enforced. Whoever can afford it and suppor it can pay voluntarily. It does not make sense to force many parents who are facing uncertanities about the future to pay in the current circumstance. It is a highly arbitary decision!!!
I don't want to pay extra money. I don't why people who protested 1 omr fee hike 2 years before now they r on the higher position and increased fee to 3 omr and now this 10 omr per student extra charges. I don't support this. If a parent has more than 1 child how can they afford.
why should ism parents will pay as development fee, for the development of other school. they can request donation for charity point of view. but circulars enforcing us to pay as fee, which very illogical and unjustifiable.
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THEY FINALLY BACKED DOWN AND WE WON!! WE STOPPED THAT UNFAIR FEE HIKE IN ITS TRACKS BECAUSE WE STOOD TOGETHER!! STAY VIGILANT BUT CELEBRATE THIS MASSIVE TRIUMPH TODAY!!
May 26, 2017
Final supporters
Subject: New Infrastructure development fee. Ref : Circular no. ISM/PRN/090/2016-17 This is regarding the new infrastructure development fee planning to be introduced from 2017 – 18 academic year onwards. We received the above cited circular signed by you and found a press report quoting Indian Schools BOD Chairman in this regard. We have discussed in the last open forum about a contribution of RO.10/- each per child for the construction of the new school at Al - Awabi. The proposal was to collect a one- time contribution from all the students of Indian Schools in Oman. So that no extra financial burden will come on ISM parents alone. The present facilities what we are enjoying in our schools are contributed by our community in Oman. Therefore it is our moral responsibility to contribute for the new school. We are firm on our words. But where are your words and assurances. You have assured the following in the open forum. 1. Regular noting of the minutes of the meeting and uploading in the website. 2. Transparency in the School Management, particularly in financial side. 3. A special session of the Parents Open Forum to discuss the Parent sub-committee report on the fee hike. Therefore we, the Parents of ISM who signed below, would like to confirm the following facts; 1. We are not ready to pay a recurring fee for the future years. Maximum we are ready for onetime payment of OMR 10 ( Omani Rial Ten only ) 2. This one also will not be a cash payment. The school is holding an excess fees of RO. 2/- (Rials Omani 2 only) per month per child collected during last year. So each parent has already contributed RO. 24 per child during last year and the school can transfer OMR 10 (Rials Omani Ten only) from that amount, as onetime payment, for the construction of Al Awabi School. (We will let you know about treatment of balance of RO.14 later). In addition, we demand the following; 1. A special session of the Parents Open Forum to discuss the Parent sub-committee report on the fee hike 2. There shall be a permanent set up to note the minutes of the meetings of the Parents’ open forum and to upload the same in school website without any delay. 3. The exact summary estimates of the projects approved by the BOD for which the infrastructure development fund will be used.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
April 3, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
April 1, 2017
158 Comments
we request ISM to introspect the actual situation again and adopt other way to raise infrastructure fees. if ISM can make the balancesheet, cashflow etc. available to all parents or on their website so that people can advise board for relevant cost cutting and that could also assist well for such need. Jai Hind
Considering the current situation, the SMC and Board should take back the fee increase It was mentioned that the Parents agreed. Which parent? Is it possible to provide the list? Is the list is majority that is more than 50% of the parent agreed, (approx 4500 parents) No way.... So please reconsider and withdraw
My job was lost in November and now working in less than the half salary. Looting the innocents parents must be stopped. Cost cut down to be done for the school activities too. Pls take necessary action for cost cutting.
The contribution should have been voluntary and not enforced. Whoever can afford it and suppor it can pay voluntarily. It does not make sense to force many parents who are facing uncertanities about the future to pay in the current circumstance. It is a highly arbitary decision!!!
I don't want to pay extra money. I don't why people who protested 1 omr fee hike 2 years before now they r on the higher position and increased fee to 3 omr and now this 10 omr per student extra charges. I don't support this. If a parent has more than 1 child how can they afford.
why should ism parents will pay as development fee, for the development of other school. they can request donation for charity point of view. but circulars enforcing us to pay as fee, which very illogical and unjustifiable.
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we request ISM to introspect the actual situation again and adopt other way to raise infrastructure fees. if ISM can make the balancesheet, cashflow etc. available to all parents or on their website so that people can advise board for relevant cost cutting and that could also assist well for such need. Jai Hind