NCPCR: Byju is threatening to buy parents’ numbers – “If the course is not bought, the children’s future will be ruined”

Edtech company Byju’s problems may increase. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to the company’s CEO Byju Raveendran for misbehaving with school children and parents. Now NCPCR President Priyank Kanungo has spoken of taking action against Byjus.

The head of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday said it has come to the notice that Byju’s is allegedly procuring phone numbers of children and their parents and threatening them if they do not buy their courses. His future will be ruined.

On summoning the CEO of Byju’s, Kanungo said on Tuesday that we had received a complaint in December 2021 that parents of low-income children go to Byju’s sales executive and ask the finance company about the parent’s capacity by saying EMI. Get loans of more than Rs.

He said that recently we read a report in which Byju’s way of working had not changed, after which we have summoned the CEO of Byju’s and asked him to appear before the commission on December 23, after which we will decide the further course of action. will do. He said that we have come to know that they do psychometric test of children and scare the parents of the children that their children’s future is over. They can’t say that to children. We will take appropriate action wherever we find the error.

Summons to Byju Raveendran

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Friday issued summons to Byju’s CEO Byju Raveendran over alleged misconduct in mis-selling its courses to students and asked it to appear before the commission on December 23. Earlier, the child rights body had taken cognizance of a media report which claimed that an edtech company was forcing families of school children to take huge loans. For this, mental pressure is also made on the students.