Unaided Private Schools (Security of Services to Employees) Bill, 2021 to be drafted by AIPA – All India Parents Association, aims at addressing issues of teachers and other staff working in unaided private schools countrywide particularly in the matter of security of service and payment of pay commission salaries.
It has been noted that unaided private schools on one hand exploit parents by subjecting them to exorbitant & arbitrary fee hike every year & on the other hand, exploit their employees by denying them their due salary & other benefits. Not only this, the unaided private schools also exploit Government by receiving various benefits & exemptions from the Government but not extending them to people.
Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) 2010 report on inspection of 25 unaided private schools of Delhi explains the dirty and horrible manner in which teachers are exploited by unaided private schools. Amongst other things the report explains that firstly, schools don’t pay due salaries to the employees and secondly, major portion of salaries is taken back by the school. Moreover, school keeps with it employee's bank passbook and blank cheque book signed by the employee and that is used by them in withdrawing money from employee's bank account. Therefore, a deterrent nature of provision of law is required to be incorporated to prevent such inhuman and pernicious practice by unaided private schools.

It is also important to note that way back in 2002, an eleven-judge-bench of Hon'ble Supreme Court in T.M.A.PAI Foundation & others v/s State of Karnataka & others (2002)8 SCC 481 held that there was a need of constituting Tribunal to address grievances of employees of unaided private schools. However, the same has not happened.
It is noted that unlike Delhi School Education Act, 1973, which lay down provisions to some extent for security of service to employees and for payment of salaries and other benefits to the employees of unaided private schools not less than what is paid to their counter parts in Government schools, almost all other Indian States do not have such legal provisions. It is submitted that in absence of statutory provisions providing security of services to employees working in unaided private schools, such employees are vulnerable.