The Delhi cabinet approved the draft regulation of fees in private and government schools in the capital, said the main Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday. The bill will apply to all 1,677 private schools without supported and government schools in the city.
The recent event of the Directorate for Education (DOE) follows the wave of protests of parents from all over Delhi who gathered outside the ministry’s office and demanded a return of steep increase in fees in private schools. In response to the public outrage DOE on April 16, she announced that she had begun to take steps against united private schools accused of unlawful fees – measures that could include insulation of schools and even take over their management.
CM Rekha Gupta said the event was accepted because there was a “panic” and allegedly “harassment” of students in the name of an increase in fees, PTI reported.
“No clear mechanism”
At a press conference on Tuesday, Gupta said that the Delhi government had received a number of complaints about misconduct in schools and any fees. In response, the district judges (DMS) were sent to see schools, followed by a formal audit.
“We realized that there was no clear mechanism to see how schools increase fees,” says Rekha Gupta.
Delhi School Fees Protests
8. April Group of parents organized a protest outside the private school in Dwar and against the recent increase in fees imposed by administration.
Parents claimed that since March 20, their children were exposed to what they had described as the “arrest of the library” – limited to the library – as a means of pressure to pay increased fees. One parent claimed that the school violates the right of their child to education and ignoring directives issued by the district judge and the police.
“Annual fees were 18-20%”
According to India Today, in September 2024, the parents of Maharaja Agrasen students in Pitampura protested against an annual increase in fees of 18-20%. They argued that the school issued a school certificate for departure to students whose families refused to pay increased fees, although the Ministry of Education rejected the proposed increase.
In a similar case, Vanasthali’s public school in Mayur Vihar got a 100% increase in fees under fire. Parents claimed that students were reflected in roles for paying, evoke extensive outrage, reports India today.
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