Lockdown: Lucknow parents alert! Worried about kids' school fees? Big relief for you - Check DM order

It's a major relief for those parents whose kids are studying in Lucknow schools and they are worried about paying fees. In some good news for parents, the Lucknow district administration has directed all educational institutes in the district not to exert pressure on parents to deposit advance fees of their children.

Lucknow DM's order: Details

In an order issued here on Sunday, District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash said, "In the duration of emergency following the outbreak of COVID-19, parents should not be pressured to deposit fee and no students should be deprived of online classes. Nor the name of any student be struck-off." 

FULL ORDER

Once the emergency ends, quarterly fee can be adjusted and parents be informed about it, he said. The Lucknow DM also said that action will be initiated against those who violated this order.

Order regarding school fees.#YogiCares @AdminLKO @CMOfficeUP @myogiadityanath @UPGovt @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/c7n29dfpQ0

— DM Lucknow (@AdminLKO) April 5, 2020

Coronavirus Latest Update

Meanwhile, the death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 109 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 4,067 on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry. 

While the number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 3,666, as many as 291 people were cured and discharged, and one has migrated, it stated. The total number of cases include 65 foreign nationals

According to the ministry's data updated at 9 am, 21 fresh deaths were reported from Maharashtra, two each from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and one from Punjab