Chandigarh, April 4 -- Haryana Government on Friday directed all private schools across the State not to pressurize the parents of students to deposit any type of fees until the lockdown period is over, thus banning all types of fee collection with immediate effect.

An official spokesperson of Haryana School Education Department said that the Department has directed all the District Education Officers and District Primary Education Officers of the State to the private schools belonging to their respective areas aware about the directions of the State Government.

He said that all educational institutions across the state have been closed till further orders to prevent the spread COVID-19, however, it has come to the notice of the Directora...