Several FIITJEE centres in NCR shut abruptly, FIRs registered-OxBig News Network

Several FIITJEE centres have unexpectedly shut down across Delhi-NCR and many teachers have resigned due to non-payment of salaries for months, according to students and their parents. FIRs have been registered against two centres of the private institute, which provides coaching for competitive exams to engineering aspirants, in Noida and Ghaziabad.

According to FIITJEE’s website, it runs 73 centres across the country. An email sent to FIITJEE seeking comment remained unanswered at the time of filing this story.

The abrupt closure of FIITJEE centres has left many students and their parents, who have paid fees running into lakhs of rupees, in the lurch.

Sandhya Singh, the mother of a student who was enrolled at FIITJEE’s Laxmi Nagar centre, said her family paid Rs 5.4 lakh for their son’s two-year course.

“My son was preparing for the engineering entrance exam at FIITJEE’s east Delhi centre in Laxmi Nagar. The centre has been closed for a week without notice.

“We paid Rs 5.4 lakh in advance for the two-year course because they offered us a discount for paying in fewer instalments. Now the centre head’s phone is switched off and no one else is answering our calls,” Singh said. She said she contacted her son’s teachers and found out that many of them had resigned due to non-payment of salaries and joined another well-known coaching institute.

The affected parents have created a WhatsApp group to keep abreast with the latest developments, she said. Another parent has lodged a police complaint in connection with the closure of the Laxmi Nagar FIITJEE centre.

“I paid Rs 3.4 lakh for a four-year course for my child, who is in Class XI. The centre closed abruptly. A few days ago, my son mentioned that many teachers had left and joined another coaching institute,” said the parent who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A former FIITJEE teacher said he resigned due to irregular payment of salaries. “In the past year, we received salaries intermittently. Five months’ salaries are still pending. We requested the centre head to clear the dues but he was clueless as there was no clarity from the top management,” he said.