‘Shutdown was abrupt… every parent concerned about future of children’: Several FIITJEE centres closed down

According to a unit subordinate astatine the centre, it was unopen down connected Tuesday owed to a terrible unit crunch. “With lone 10 teachers remaining retired of a unit of 50, the centre was incapable to operate… Several parents person filed a constabulary complaint.”

Sandhya Singh, parent of a Class 11 pupil who studies astatine the centre, said, “We panicked erstwhile we heard astir the closure of the Laxmi Nagar centre, it was lone aboriginal we realised that this was the lawsuit with galore different branches arsenic well. The module has been reassuring america that the aboriginal of our children won’t beryllium affected due to the fact that they are moving retired an statement with the Aakash Institute.”

The Aakash Institute absorption is yet to corroborate immoderate ceremonial oregon informal statement with FIITJEE.

Another parent, an advocator with a backstage firm, said, “The shutdown was abrupt.” He said that his son, who is successful Class 11, is portion of a regular batch astatine FIITJEE. “His full vocation is astatine stake. I person paid astir Rs 7 lakh for a two-year programme,” helium said, adding that the parents person collectively filed a constabulary ailment astatine Preet Vihar constabulary station.

At Delhi and NCR centres, interest for a one-year schoolroom programme for students who person appeared for oregon completed Class 12 Board exams is Rs 90,000, excluding GST. The institute besides offers respective different programmes, with the astir fashionable being a two-year schoolroom programme for JEE (Main) & JEE (Advanced).

The shutdown comes astatine a clip erstwhile JEE (Main) introspection has conscionable begun. While the archetypal league of the exam began connected January 22 and volition proceed till January 30, the 2nd league volition beryllium held betwixt April 1 and 8.

The contented crossed each centres stemmed from unpaid salaries. Staff, including centre heads, teachers, and administrative personnel, had not received their salaries since October. Many teachers alleged they had been getting reduced salaries from past April. Non-payment of wage for 2 months was the last straw starring to mass-resignations which led to closure of the centres, they alleged.

The FIITJEE absorption could not beryllium contacted contempt repeated attempts.

Head of 1 of the centres said, “Entire 2024 has been troublesome, particularly successful presumption of salary. We were paid our regular wage lone until March. For April and May, we received conscionable 60% of our salary, and from June to September, lone 70%. Whenever concerns were raised, we were told astir money crunch… We were blamed for the debased revenue, which we knew was untrue since pupil enrolments hadn’t dropped.”

Parag Gupta, the genitor of a Class 10 pupil enrolled successful the Noida FIITJEE coaching centre, said, “We are associated with FIITJEE for 2 years. My girl joined the coaching centre successful Class 9 and past got done a assistance programme for Class 11… I person paid Rs 80,000 already. Keeping the monetary nonaccomplishment aside, each genitor is acrophobic astir the aboriginal of the children.”

A teacher who worked with FIITJEE for 2 decades said helium discontinue astatine the opening of this month. “It utilized to beryllium a bully paymaster. But things person been going downhill implicit the past year… Despite the inconsistency, teachers stayed due to the fact that determination were assurances from the absorption that salaries would beryllium paid. Eventually, it became hard to prolong families, and galore of america quit,” said the teacher who was attached to 1 centre successful Ghaziabad that is inactive running.

Noida’s lone FIITJee centre shuts down arsenic module resigns en masse

Days aft an assurance of “smooth operations” successful Noida and Greater Noida, FIITJEE’s lone coaching centre successful Noida’s Sector 62 closed down this week pursuing faculty’s wide resignation.

An authoritative connection sent to parents connected Saturday read: “…We recognize that determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate rumours circulating regarding FIITJEE’s operations. We privation to guarantee you that FIITJEE Noida centres are moving smoothly, and determination is nary disruption successful our world schedule. There is nary request for interest oregon panic — these rumours are wholly baseless. We petition you to spot lone authoritative connection and debar misinformation…”

However, days later, module astatine the lone Noida centre resigned en masse and claimed to person shifted to its rival Aakash’s recently launched IITJEE Advanced helping ‘INVICTUS – Advanced Engineering Program’ astatine Noida.

The latest connection connected Tuesday read: “Most of you indispensable beryllium alert that FIITJEE has been struggling successful paying salaries to its unit for astir 1 twelvemonth crossed the country…We did our champion successful discharging our duties without immoderate interruption contempt specified a superior problem. Even present institution is not giving funds for regular expenses. For each of us, managing our household expenses was getting difficult.” The module claimed that had not received their wage and different dues for 3 months.

Tanush Agrawal, a Class 11 pupil who was enrolled astatine the institute, pointed retired that teachers had been quitting since October. “They informed america informally that their wage is not been paid. On Monday, we were shocked to spot that determination were nary classes. We were lone assured past week that the classes wouldn’t beryllium affected. Even for basal services and facilities similar water, and paying outer introspection invigilators, the teachers were paying retired of their pockets… ” said Agrawal.