‘Nexus’ between private schools and shops exploiting students in Jammu

Aman Zutshi

Jammu: Natives of Jammu especially parents has alleged that there is private school and local shops nexus cause schools use to coerce students into buying  expensive set of books, uniforms from private contractors for the new academic year in Jammu barring govt prescribed ‘NCERT’ books.

The parents have to buy books for their children from shops or private contractors who have established commercial links with the private schools in Jammu.

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The book sets of students from different classes are being sold in thousands in Jammu, various schools have advised their students to go to their assigned shop to buy books, uniforms, stationary items, due to which the shop makes huge profits and finally that school also, the report said.

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This is making a whole in the pockets of parents in Jammu, who send their kids in Jammu’s private school, the report said.