Manish Sisodia cracks down on two branches of a Delhi private school

The violations

According to an AAP spokerperson, the Education Ministry took the action after receiving complaints from the Maxfort School Parents Association alleging that the management indulged in money laundering, increasing capitation fees, scrupulous admissions, and even harassment of children.

The school has also been charged for tax evasion through manipulation of accounts with the help of auditors and Directorate of Education and formation of fake trusts societies for receiving capitation fee against admissions.

Manish Sisodia late on Monday tweeted stating that the school administration has also been charged for submitting incomplete and forged records regarding EWS admission submitted by school management to the Directorate of Education on a regular basis.

प्राइवेट स्कूलों की मनमानी रोकने के लिए एक कड़ा फैसला : 
मैक्सफोर्ट स्कूल्स की दो ब्रांच्स को टेकओवर करने का शो कॉज नोटिस। N/1

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 11, 2016

पैरेंट्स और टीचर्स से मिली शिकायतों की जांच के बाद मैक्सफोर्ट, रोहिणी और पीतमपुरा को टेकओवर करने की तैयारी की जा रही है। N/2

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 11, 2016

मैक्सफोर्ट स्कूल्स की दोनों ब्रांच्स में EWS एडमिशन में धांधली, वित्तीय अनियमितता, टीचर्स का फर्जी रिकॉर्ड रखने के मामले सामने आए हैं। N/3

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 11, 2016

To look into the matter, Education Minister Sisodia had directed the District the Magistrate to set up a committee to inquire into the allegations.

After an inspection of the school, the committee found that school authorities did not cooperate with the committee and failed to provide complete admission records of EWS/DG category for the past year. With the available records, the committee found that the number of such seats filled were far below the 25% as is mandatory under the RTE Act.

The committee also observed that the school also failed to furnish the details relating to salary statements of the staff, attendance registers of the staff and other relevant documents.

According to an AAP spokeperson, the economic offence wing of Delhi Police will be registering a case and conducting an inquiry with regard to violations that inlcude tax evasion and money laundering by the society running the schools.

The spokeperson also said that the government is looking into more such private schools that have violated the rules under the Delhi School Education Act,1973 and rules under the Right to Education Act,2009.

Maxfort's management was not available for comment.