Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Mathura Administration Helps Family After Viral School Fee Waiver Appeal
A family in a village in India was having money problems and asked for help paying their children's school fees.
Their request was shared on social media, and many people saw it.
Government officers in the area heard about the family and decided to help.
The father used to have a job, but now he runs a small shop because money is tight.
The mother earns money by doing tailoring work, like stitching clothes.
The family has four children.
One daughter goes to a school where learning is free.
The other three children go to a different school, and that school has now agreed not to charge fees for two of them, too.
The children also got new uniforms, books, and school bags.
Now the family is building a new house with help from a government housing program.
Mathura district administration stepped in to support a financially struggling family from Bhatain village in the Kosi Kalan area.
An appeal for waiver of school fees for the family's children went viral on social media during the Kanwar Yatra.
The District Magistrate took cognisance at around 3 pm on Wednesday and ordered an immediate inquiry and assistance.
A joint team of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Chhata and the Basic Education Officer visited the village and got fees waived for two children at Adarsh Vidya Mandir; one child's fees were already waived.
The children got two sets of school uniforms each, books, school bags and educational supplies, and the family's house is being built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban with Rs 2.5 lakh sanctioned.
- Who
- The Mathura district administration, including the District Magistrate, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Chhata, and the Basic Education Officer, and the family of Bharat from Bhatain village.
- What
- The administration intervened after a viral social media appeal, got school fees waived for two children, and provided uniforms, books, school bags and other educational supplies.
- When
- On Wednesday, after the District Magistrate took cognisance of the matter at around 3 pm.
- Where
- Bhatain village in the Kosi Kalan area of Mathura district.
- Why
- The family faced financial difficulties, with the father running a small grocery shop and the mother doing tailoring work, and their fee waiver appeal went viral on social media.
- Family
- Bharat and his wife, with four children
- Location
- Bhatain village, Kosi Kalan, Mathura district
- Parents' work
- Father runs a small grocery shop (previously held a job); mother does tailoring
- Children's education
- Eldest daughter at Nagar Palika Inter College (no tuition fee); three children at Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Kosi Kalan
- Fee waiver
- Fees waived for two children; one child's fees were already waived by the school
- Supplies provided
- Two sets of school uniforms each, books, school bags and educational supplies
- Housing scheme
- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban: Rs 2.5 lakh sanctioned, first instalment of Rs 1 lakh released, construction underway
- Official action
- DM took cognisance at ~3 pm Wednesday; joint team of SDM Chhata and Basic Education Officer conducted inquiry; SDM to monitor children's education