Clerk swindles exam fee money, parents demonstrate

AHMEDABAD: Twelve students of Saraswati Vidya Mandir in Nikol, who are appearing as open students in the SSC and HSC board exams beginning Monday, were left high and dry when they did not get their exam receipt on Friday. Investigations revealed that the school's clerk had swindled their exam fee!
Angry parents created a major ruckus outside Saraswati Vidya Mandir on Friday when they came to know that the clerk Bharat Patel had embezzled the exam fee paid by their wards because of which the board had not issued exam receipts to the students."This kind of cheating where school administration personnel play with the career of students is disgusting. How can a clerk embezzle the money paid by us towards the exam fee for personal use. Our children are so upset. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable," an angry parent told TOI.
Seeing anger rising amongst parents, school authorities called the police which dispersed the crowds and restored normalcy. Trustee of the school Babulal Patel said that they have initiated action against the clerk.
"He has committed a grave mistake and we are taking action against him. He will be suspended," said Babulal Patel.
The school rushed two officials to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) officials in Gandhinagar and Vadodara, requesting them to consider giving exam receipts to the students at the last minute.