The fine print

A certain chain of private schools accepts Rs30,000 as security deposits on the day of admission of a child and promises to return this amount when the child graduates. However, there is a catch. If the child does not withdraw from the school before a certain date – a date that remains undisclosed – the security deposit is not returned.
I have gone through the same ordeal – Rs30,000 eaten up without even a notice or a warning. How can we as a country prosper when something which, ideally, should broaden our minds has become dishonest itself?
Syeda Maheen Qadri
Karachi