Teachers quit over unpaid salaries…
On Friday, 24 January 2025, at least eight FIITJEE (Forum For Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination) coaching centers across North India shut over the past week. It left hundreds of students and parents fuming ahead of board and entrance exams. This happened as several teachers at the institute quit due to unpaid salaries, officials said.
The FIITJEE coaching centers in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Varanasi, Delhi, and Patna have shut down. A center in Meerut was the latest to close recently.
According to officials, the center's administration initially tried to arrange for teachers from Noida, but that lasted only for a few days. Following this, they had to shut down the institute.
Many parents have filed police complaints, alleging that the private coaching institution did not give them any notice or refunds. Pictures and videos showed the parents protesting outside the now-shut branches.
"Several FIITJEE coaching institutes were shut down six months ago in some states...After that, they told us that these centers would not shut down and that we should make the payments. I have invested Rs. 6 lakhs already...they took everyone's money and told us that classes would go on. Even when the teachers left, they said we would manage," a parent of a student studying at the FIITJEE institute said.
Edited By: Tanvi Walia
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