Held to Ransom

If these proposals are put in place, private schools may need to raise their fees to counteract their effect. This in turn would mean that many of us Gujaratis/ Indians who send their children to private schools will be held to ransom as they will have to foot the bill of the additional fees.
We Indians know that the sure way for our children to be successful in a severly competative world where in many cases, the colour of the skin determines who lands plump jobs, is to give our children an advantage of private education, and so we scrimp and save to send our children to private schools rather than state schools.
This proposal comes in addition to his earlier suggestions that teachers should take a public oath committing themselves to the values of their profession. This would "elevate" the status of the profession. He thinks that the pledge would emphasise the "moral calling of the noble profession of teaching". It would be similar to the Hippocratic Oath which places duties and obligations on physicians affirming their obligations and proper conduct.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford