Hyderabad: Epistemo Global School force-selling sweaters to students

Hyderabad: Epistemo Global School in Nallagandla has asked parents of its students to purchase sweaters from the school, as part of the uniform. The sweaters are priced between between Rs 675 and Rs 875.

“How can they make buying a sweater mandatory,” a parent asked. Asked about the school decision, HSPA executive member Aravinda Jata felt that schools should leave issues like these for the parents to decide after prescribing the colour.

“If the price quoted is on the higher side when compared to market rates, the anguish of parents could be understood,” she said.

Missionary Schools Association president Bro.Show Reddy said, “Parents should be taken on board when taking such decisions. A few years ago, a similar idea was floated when I was heading St. Pauls School. We took the views of parents on procuring sweaters and on the price. Hence there was no issue,” he said. The Epistemo school administration did not comment on the issue.