Sir: I have noticed that the policies of some private schools are merely to ‘support’ their administration and academic staff, as the problems of students are becoming increasingly less important. Recently, I have noticed that in various private schools, students of eighth standard are not studying their own courses. These students are studying syllabi of both ninth and tenth instead of the eighth standard. This has resulted in a great deal of stress for students in their early teenage years, burdening them with unnecessary stuff. I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards this problem to take some urgent measures and rid students as well as their parents of the wrong policies. HASEEB QURESHI Karachi