HYDERABAD, March 30 The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday recommended that the government should register all private schools at district level and ensure payment of adequate salary to their teachers.

The chamber`s president Shafique Ahmed Qureshi said at the first meeting of chamber`s newly-formed educational subcommittee that the members of the chamber had complained that private schools underpaid teachers and charged heavy fees but not provided quality education.

He said that after decline in the standard of education in the government schools the parents who could afford high fees started getting their children admitted to the private schools to ensure better future for their children.

He stressed the need for evolving a policy to ensure adequate compensation to teachers and improvement in the standard of education in private schools.

The meeting was informed that at present seven categories of schools were running in Hyderabad and the rest of the country and the parents had to pay fees between Rs400 to Rs5,000 per month.

The private schools established in the lanes and streets of less developed areas charged the students monthly fees of Rs150, the meeting observed.

The meeting noted that in some private schools, teachers were not being paid minimum salary of Rs6,000 per month as announced by the government nor were they being provided facilities under the EOBI.

Mr Qureshi said that quality education was a prerequisite for building a healthy society and primary education was the cornerstone of the edifice of higher education.

He said the HCCI was acting like a bridge between the business community and the government and the body was striving hard not only to solve the problems of traders and industrialists but was also working to solve collective problems of society.

The chamber had appointed the subcommittee to solve problems of students, teachers, parents and private schools in order to serve the cause of education, he said.

The chairman of the subcommittee, Nazar Mohammad Qureshi said that the basic purpose of the subcommittee was to encourage registration of private schools, improve standard of education, ensure adequate salaries to teachers and build a relationship between parents and teachers.