With the last section of the university course still in the air in Madrid, the situation of the 39 major schools in the capital is no less uncertain: partial refund of fees, postponements, alternative formulas ... And, meanwhile, the complaints of those students who have already paid the remaining months .

This is the case of the Colegio Mayor Fundación Sepi , where the students have disbursed 3,900 euros for the rest of the course and the response of the center is that the question "will be dealt with in due course". "It is a lot of money that we cannot afford in these circumstances," says Jimena Delgado, mother of a student at the center where there are currently two people. “It is a school with 150 people, so we are talking about a lot of money that we do not know will be his. We feel cheated, "he adds.

The same case he lived with his daughter, a student in the Santa Monica where there are two students, until Thursday, through an email , they were told that they could return the loaded receipt on March 16. "Feel free to do it," the statement said.

Another case is that of the Colegio Mayor Santa María del Pino , with an annual fee of 3,630 euros, which explains in a letter to the parents that the school will reduce "the cost by at least 50% while the school remains closed." "It is a robbery that they keep 50% of our money without being open, " protests the father of a student who prefers not to give his name.

For their part, the Guadalupe and Alcalá higher schools , which remain open with few school children, have suspended the payment of the monthly fee for April in the amount of 1,020 and 1,000 euros respectively, but have not returned amounts since mid-March when the students they already left the center. "They extend the payment because we have called to put pressure," say parents with children in two separate schools.

From the Association of Senior Colleges they point out that " the vast majority have stopped spending their fees " and that the money "will be returned sooner or later." "Another option is to be discounted in September," they conclude.

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