chandigarh already expensive education in private schools of ut chandigarh has become unaffordable for many parents in the last three months at the suffering end are mainly those residents whose work has been affected due to the pandemic as a result the telephones at the ut education department are ringing frequently with requests from several parents to shift their wards from private schools to government schoolsin response to hundreds of requests being received the education department too has decided to hold a special admission campaign for all such parents the same would be advertised in the month of july according to director school education rubinderjit singh brar he alone has received 100 calls till date in this regardparents who have lost their jobs or are facing salary cuts are planning to withdraw their children from private schools parents especially those with children in class iviii and are paying more than 5000 per month as tuition fee or have more than one child are unable to pay are seeking admission in government schoolsdirector school education rubinderjit singh brar said i have received around 100 calls from such parents who wish to shift their children from private to government schools of ut chandigarh they will benefit in government schools as till class viii the children get free meals free books and uniforms we will start a special campaign with advertisements in julyparents also shared that low outcome in online classes in comparison to fee paid is another reason for parents to shift their wardsa parent requesting anonymity said i have been paying more than 8000 per month in fees for my two children and for online classes they are getting only links and assignments as parents me and my wife do not get time to teach them and the books given by schools are also too fancy to be taught from teaching from ncert would be much easier if ultimately we only have to teach them therefore i am looking forward to enrolling my children in government school insteadanother parent who is a performing artist and has no work in hand has decided to shift his ward to a government school he shared with schools closed and social distancing being the norm i am not going to get any work for months to come all the saving is exhausted the rent cannot be stopped groceries have been reduced and managing fees is very difficult once things get better we may shift back from government to private but only if there is a need i am sure our government schools are equally efficient