Unpaid Salaries Trigger Closure of FIITJEE Centres, Students and Parents Furious

At least eight FIITJEE (Forum For Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination) coaching centres across North India have abruptly shut over the past week, leaving hundreds of students and parents fuming ahead of board and entrance examinations. The closure came after several teachers at the institute quit en masse due to unpaid salaries, officials said.

The FIITJEE coaching centres in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Varanasi, Delhi, and Patna have shut down. A centre in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut was the latest to close recently. According to officials, the centre's administration initially tried to arrange for teachers from Noida, but that lasted only for a couple of days. Following this, they had to shut down the institute.