Well, its the parent's mistake not paying the fees; how can anyone possibly justify the school athorities punishing kids for that? The school has every right to communicate to the parent to NOT send their kids if the fees are not paid within a certain date. But detention and mental torture of kids cant be justified on any grounds whatsoever, IMHO.

The kind of dent it can make in the mind of a kid in such a vulnerable age should not be underestimated.