Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) The Haryana government on Friday directed all private schools in the state not to pressurise the parents of the students to deposit fees until the lockdown period is over, thus banning all types of fees collection with immediate effect.

An official spokesperson for the Haryana School Education Department said the department has directed all the private schools in this regard.

The spokesperson said that when all educational institutions in the state have been closed till further orders in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19, it has come to the department's notice that some private schools are pressurising the parents to deposit the fees immediately.

India is under a 21-day lockdown till April 14 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

--IANS vg/arm