School fee waivers announced in these states, parents are confused
4 years, 9 months ago

School fee waivers announced in these states, parents are confused

India Today  

Coronavirus pandemic has taken the world into its grip and now the economy is badly hit due to Covid-19. Amid this chaos, parents are confused about whether to pay their children's fee or not with the several state governments offering relaxations for school fees during the coronavirus lockdown period in the country. School fee waiver in Gurgaon According to representative of a leading private school in Gurgaon, parents are calling them with queries about why fees statements have been generated when there is a government order. School fee waiver in Punjab Punjab government, however, had on Thursday directed schools to release full salaries to staff and not to force parents for books, uniforms and transportation fees and said that no school can demand fees from students on the pretext of online teaching classes during lockdown period. School fee waiver in Delhi While several parents have reached out to Delhi government seeking fees waiver during the period, no decision has been taken in this regard yet.

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Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi High Court has restored on the rolls of a private school the names of certain students that were struck off after the parents refused to pay the hiked fees. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in an order passed on July 9, asked the parents to deposit 50 per cent of the hiked school fee for the ongoing academic year. …

'Aimed To Ensure Education Is Not Commercialized': Patna High Court Upholds Law Regulating Private School Fees
11 months, 1 week ago

'Aimed To Ensure Education Is Not Commercialized': Patna High Court Upholds Law Regulating Private School Fees

Live Law  

In a landmark verdict, the Patna High Court has affirmed the constitutionality of Bihar's Private Schools Act, 2019, dismissing the writ application filed by the Association of Independent Schools Bihar. The Court observed that in Indian School, the Rajasthan Schools Act, 2016 constituted a School Level Fee Committee, which was an internal committee to be constituted within the school. The …

Parents Seek Government Help Against Private Schools Forcible Fee Collection
1 year, 1 month ago

Parents Seek Government Help Against Private Schools Forcible Fee Collection

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Parents Association of Andhra Pradesh has raised concerns over alleged forced collection of fees by certain educational institutions, despite the government's deadline for the fee submission under Jagananna Vidya Deevena being November 24. In letters addressed to the state education minister and Andhra Pradesh High Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission chairman, PAAP has called upon the government to intervene …

Rs 1 Lakh Penalty Each On 100 Private Schools In Noida Over Charging Exorbitant Fees
1 year, 8 months ago

Rs 1 Lakh Penalty Each On 100 Private Schools In Noida Over Charging Exorbitant Fees

News 18  

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on around 100 private schools in Noida and Greater Noida for non-compliance with an order of the Allahabad High Court, officials said on Wednesday. The penalty against the schools will be increased to Rs 5 lakh if the students are not refunded within 30 days, according …

Submit 3-year fee hike record, Chandigarh DEO directs pvt schools
1 year, 8 months ago

Submit 3-year fee hike record, Chandigarh DEO directs pvt schools

Hindustan Times  

After receiving complaints from parents against arbitrary fee hike by a school, the UT district education officer has written to all private schools to submit details of the fees charged over the last three academic sessions, including 2023-2024. The Right to Education Act and the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016, adopted by Chandigarh in 2018, …

Private Unaided Schools Have Substantial Autonomy, Rule Prescribing Fine Of Five Paise Per Day For Late Fee Not Applicable To Them: Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Private Unaided Schools Have Substantial Autonomy, Rule Prescribing Fine Of Five Paise Per Day For Late Fee Not Applicable To Them: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that Rule 166 of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 which entitles a school to charge a student with a fine of five paise for every day for delay in payment of fees after the tenth day of the month, is not applicable to private unaided schools. A division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru …

Plea Seeking Waiver Of Board Examination Fee For Class X & XII Students- High Court Directs Delhi Govt, CBSE To Treat It As Representation
3 years, 3 months ago

Plea Seeking Waiver Of Board Examination Fee For Class X & XII Students- High Court Directs Delhi Govt, CBSE To Treat It As Representation

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Government and CBSE to treat as a representation a plea seeking waiver of Board examination fee for class X and XII students studying in Delhi Government Schools and those in EWS Category of other private schools for the academic year 2021-2022.Asking the respondents to take a policy decision in the matter, …

Free Education May Be Availed At Govt School; Can't Force State To Pay Private School Fees Of Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Delhi High Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Free Education May Be Availed At Govt School; Can't Force State To Pay Private School Fees Of Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today expressed reservation over compelling the Government to pay private school fees for children, orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic. It opined that such children may be shifted to a Government school instead, for availing free education under Article 21-A of the Constitution. "They also have their limitations.It may be very far-fetched to ask them to pay the …

Maharashtra: Big relief for private school students' parents as cabinet approves 15% fee cut
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra: Big relief for private school students' parents as cabinet approves 15% fee cut

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday has approved an ordinance route to reduce the fees of private schools by 15 per cent during the pandemic in the state. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and state education minister Varsha Gaikwad in May, the parents of students of private schools had urged the CM to waive 15 per cent fees …

Private School Fees : Delhi High Court Hears Delhi Govt's Challenge To Single Bench Order Quashing Restrictions On Fee Collection
3 years, 5 months ago

Private School Fees : Delhi High Court Hears Delhi Govt's Challenge To Single Bench Order Quashing Restrictions On Fee Collection

Live Law  

The Delhi Government on Wednesday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the single judge had gone into a completely forbidden territory while allowing private schools from collecting Annual Charges and Development Fees from students in lockdown.The Court was hearing the appeals filed by Delhi Government and students challenging the single judge bench decision which quashed two orders. The Delhi …

Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt
3 years, 6 months ago

Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt

India TV News  

Private schools in the national capital can collect fees on a monthly basis with a 15 percent reduction in lieu of facilities that could not be utilized by students during the lockdown period, the Delhi government announced on Thursday. "In order to clear the confusion and give much-needed relief to parents, the Delhi government has issued an order to private …

Delhi private schools to collect fees monthly with 15% reduction
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi private schools to collect fees monthly with 15% reduction

India Today  

The Delhi government has recently issued an order stating that all private schools in the national capital will be collecting the fees monthly, as opposed to quarterly. "In order to clear the confusion and give much-needed relief to parents, the Delhi government has issued an order to private schools to charge fees on a monthly basis under approved heads only …

Supreme Court Directs 36,000 Private Schools of Rajasthan To Charge 15% Less Fees
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Directs 36,000 Private Schools of Rajasthan To Charge 15% Less Fees

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed 36,000 private unaided schools of Rajasthan to charge 15 per cent less annual fees from students in academic session 2020-21 and made clear that no students be barred from attending virtual or physical classes and their results be not held up due to non-payment of fees. A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and …

Parents Being Harassed Via SMS To Pay School Fees, Even For Lockdown Duration: Plea Alleges Before Allahabad High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Parents Being Harassed Via SMS To Pay School Fees, Even For Lockdown Duration: Plea Alleges Before Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

Whereas the Uttar Pradesh Government is yet to respond to a query put by Allahabad High Court regarding regulation of school fees during suspension of physical classes, yet another PIL has been filed challenging exorbitant and arbitrary levy of fees by private schools in the State. The plea has been filed by members of the Parents Association in Moradabad, alleging …

Noida, Greater Noida schools cannot hike fees in 2021-22
3 years, 9 months ago

Noida, Greater Noida schools cannot hike fees in 2021-22

India TV News  

Schools operating in Noida and Greater Noida areas cannot hike fees in the academic year 2021-22 due to the COVID-19 situation, an order from the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration read. The schools will be able to charge fees only on monthly basis and not force or insist payment of fees on a quarterly or half-yearly or yearly basis on …

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the UP Government on the issue of regulation of fees charged by private schools, until resumption of physical classes. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery has asked the Government about the criteria it shall adopt for regulation of fees under the UP Self-financed Independent …

School fees can be decided by audit of schools' spendings: Rajasthan govt tells HC
4 years ago

School fees can be decided by audit of schools' spendings: Rajasthan govt tells HC

India Today  

Rajasthan government today informed Rajasthan High Court that since schools have been shut in the state for students during the pandemic and there has been negligible spending by schools on infrastructure, fees for students can be decided by getting audit done of schools' spendings. Parents protest over school fees On November 30, parents staged a protest against schools demanding fees …

Petition in Delhi HC Seeks Action Against Private Schools Overcharging Fees Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

Petition in Delhi HC Seeks Action Against Private Schools Overcharging Fees Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the AAP government to take action against the private schools in the national capital which have been allegedly overcharging fees and denying online classes to students during the prevailing pandemic. The Trust, represented by advocate Ashok Kumar Singh, has claimed that according to news reports several schools …

Reduce fees by 20%, cannot hike fees this year: Calcutta HC tells private schools
4 years, 2 months ago

Reduce fees by 20%, cannot hike fees this year: Calcutta HC tells private schools

India Today  

In a huge relief for parents, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered private schools in the state to reduce fees by a minimum of 20 percent across the board. While accepting the autonomy of private unaided schools to determine individual fee structures, as long as there was no element of “profit-making”, the Court ruled that there will be no …

25% fee waiver in all Gujarat schools for 2020-21, including CBSE schools
4 years, 3 months ago

25% fee waiver in all Gujarat schools for 2020-21, including CBSE schools

India Today  

Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said that self-financed schools in Gujarat have agreed toa 25% tuition fee cut for June 2020 to March 2021. This was as per the agreement earlier this month by the authorities of several self-financed schools after the state government propped a 25% fee cut for the year 2020-21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and shutdown …

30% fee waiver in private schools of Odisha proposed by education dept
4 years, 3 months ago

30% fee waiver in private schools of Odisha proposed by education dept

India Today  

Odisha’s Department of School and Mass Education has submitted a report to the High Court calling for up to a 30% fee waiver for private school students. Fee waiver details for private schools in Odisha As per the submitted report, a senior official from the education department said that an MoU had been signed by 14 members agreeing to a …

Unable to Pay Private School’s Fee, Jobless Parents File Writ Petition As Delhi Govt School Denies Admission
4 years, 3 months ago

Unable to Pay Private School’s Fee, Jobless Parents File Writ Petition As Delhi Govt School Denies Admission

News 18  

Rendered jobless as pandemic morphs into a major economic crisis, Naveen Kumar Jha was forced to discontinue his daughters’ education at a private school as he was unable to pay the school fee. The lawyers have filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court calling the state government school’s response – “illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory, unjust, malafide and immoral.” However, …

[School Fee Waiver Amid COVID] 'Take An Appropriate And Balanced Decision', Gujarat HC Tells State Government [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

[School Fee Waiver Amid COVID] 'Take An Appropriate And Balanced Decision', Gujarat HC Tells State Government [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Friday declined to entertain an application seeking to pass appropriate orders for charging of tuition fees and other fees of the self-financed schools during the period of physical closure of the schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Background It may be noted that while considering certain writ petitions which raised the issue of school fees, the …

25% fees to be waived off in all Assam private schools
4 years, 4 months ago

25% fees to be waived off in all Assam private schools

India Today  

The Assam government recently issued a circular to all private schools, directing them to waive off 25 percent of school fees for this year. “In view of the COVID19 pandemic, we've advised all private educational institutions to offer at least 25% concessions in monthly fees, from May 1, 2020, till the formal opening of schools.” He further said that the …

Gujarat HC Quashes Govt. Order Restraining Fee Collection By Pvt. Schools Until Reopening [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat HC Quashes Govt. Order Restraining Fee Collection By Pvt. Schools Until Reopening [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a government order restraining private unaided schools from collecting tuition fees until they reopened, stating that such an injunction will force smaller institutions to shut down. In the decision on Friday, the court set aside three clauses of a government resolution issued on July 16: one, that no fees shall be charged by any …

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Direction To Directorate Of Education To Disclose Its Orders On Fee Hike Proposals Of Private Schools
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Direction To Directorate Of Education To Disclose Its Orders On Fee Hike Proposals Of Private Schools

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking a direction to be issued to the Directorate of Education to upload orders passed by them while examining the fee increase proposal filed by the recognized unaided schools for mandatory prior sanction. Filed by Justice For All, the petition also wants the Directorate of Education to upload the statement of …

No student to be struck off school rolls for non-payment of fee: Punjab and Haryana HC
4 years, 5 months ago

No student to be struck off school rolls for non-payment of fee: Punjab and Haryana HC

India TV News  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday said the names of students will not be struck off the rolls of private schools in Punjab on account of non-payment of fee. The move comes as a major relief for parents of students of private unaided schools who had expressed financial difficulty in paying fee for the lockdown period, and whose …

School fees for lockdown period: High Court refuses to stay Chandigarh administration orders
4 years, 5 months ago

School fees for lockdown period: High Court refuses to stay Chandigarh administration orders

India Today  

The Punjab and Haryana High court has refused to stay the Chandigarh administration orders pertaining to school fees for the lockdown period. Chandigarh administration while issuing the orders had barred the schools from revising the school fees and charging services like bus fare, development fund without the consent of the UT administration. Independent School Association had challenged the Chandigarh administration …

Private Schools That Offer Online Classes May Charge Tuition Fee: Uttarakhand HC Upholds Govt Order; SLP In SC Withdrawn
4 years, 6 months ago

Private Schools That Offer Online Classes May Charge Tuition Fee: Uttarakhand HC Upholds Govt Order; SLP In SC Withdrawn

Live Law  

The Principals Progressive Schools Association on Monday withdrew its petition challenging an order of the Uttarakhand High Court restraining private schools in the state from demanding tuition fees from parents amid the COVID situation, before the Supreme Court. The development comes in the backdrop of a recent order of the Uttarakhand High Court dated July 3, 2020, whereby it refused …

School annual fee hike plea reaches SC: Check details
4 years, 6 months ago

School annual fee hike plea reaches SC: Check details

India Today  

All schools and colleges have remained shut since March 2020, due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. HRD Minister's request on fees hike HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had requested private schools to think about their decisions on annual fee hikes and collecting quarterly fees during the coronavirus lockdown, there has been no uniformity on the subject across states. Seven high …

School fees during lockdown: Parents from different states move Supreme Court, seek moratorium on dues
4 years, 6 months ago

School fees during lockdown: Parents from different states move Supreme Court, seek moratorium on dues

Firstpost  

Parents of the school going children who have moved the top court hail from Rajasthan, Odisha, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Maharashtra. A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by the parents of children from different States seeking declaration of moratorium or deferment of payment of school fees during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The plea “The Petitioners …

All Schools Entitled To Collect Tuition Fee, Regardless Of Whether Online Classes Were Offered During Lockdown : P & H HC [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

All Schools Entitled To Collect Tuition Fee, Regardless Of Whether Online Classes Were Offered During Lockdown : P & H HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday held that all schools, irrespective of whether they offered online classes during the lock-down period or not, are entitled to collect the tuition fee. All schools, irrespective whether they offered online classes during the lockdown period or not, are entitled to collect the tuition fee. The May 14 directions advising schools …

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On State's GR Prohibiting Schools & Educational Institutions From Charging Hiked School Fee For 2020-21 Session
4 years, 6 months ago

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On State's GR Prohibiting Schools & Educational Institutions From Charging Hiked School Fee For 2020-21 Session

Live Law  

In a setback to parents of school going kids, the Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the government resolution dated May 8, 2020 issued by the State government prohibiting schools and educational institutions from charging fees at hiked rate for the 2020-21 session. The division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice RI Chagla were hearing a batch of four …

'Highly Onerous For Parents To Pay For All Services Which Are Not Even Used By Their Wards': Plea In Allahabad HC For Relaxation Of Private School Fees During Lockdown
4 years, 6 months ago

'Highly Onerous For Parents To Pay For All Services Which Are Not Even Used By Their Wards': Plea In Allahabad HC For Relaxation Of Private School Fees During Lockdown

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to all private schools in the State to charge only tuition fee and desist from levying other ancillary charges, until the lockdown prevails. The Petitioners, through Advocate Yash Tandon, have pointed out that even though schools were not charging transportation fee, in terms of the Govt order …

Delhi HC asks AAP govt not to take coercive steps against pvt school over fee hike
4 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC asks AAP govt not to take coercive steps against pvt school over fee hike

India Today  

AAP government had made it clear through repeated directives issued to schools that the fees should not be hiked during the lockdown period and the parents are not supposed to be pestered to pay the fees, but not all the schools have been following these instructions. Despite the orders by the state government, the Delhi High Court has directed the …

Schools To Charge 70% School Fees; Pay 70% Salary To Teachers: Directs Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Schools To Charge 70% School Fees; Pay 70% Salary To Teachers: Directs Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

In a big relief to private unaided schools in the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed them to collect 70% school fees from the students. Based on these submissions, the bench of Justice Ritu Bahri granted interim relief to the Petitioner and ordered, "Keeping in view the present circumstances, interim direction is being given that the admission …

Private schools can now collect fees in Chandigarh
4 years, 7 months ago

Private schools can now collect fees in Chandigarh

India Today  

Schools to charge a fee: As the coronavirus pandemic spread fear and concerns across the globe, counties observed lockdowns and in India, a directive was issued not collect fee or cut-salaries of employees in tough times. The UT Department of Education has recently released an order allowing private schools to collect tuition fees on a monthly basis. Schools fee payment …

Calcutta HC To Hear Plea For Regulation Of Fees Structure Of Unaided Private Schools In The State, Tomorrow [Read Petition]
4 years, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC To Hear Plea For Regulation Of Fees Structure Of Unaided Private Schools In The State, Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Live Law  

"It is not the right time to make business by the private schools which are basically in the nature of a Charitable Institution, and since they are under the administrative control of the State Government, the State need to act promptly, addressing the mass grievance." The Calcutta High Court will hear a petition tomorrow, seeking directions to the Department of …

No fee hike in Maharashtra schools for academic year 2020-21
4 years, 8 months ago

No fee hike in Maharashtra schools for academic year 2020-21

Live Mint  

After Gautam Buddh Nagar administration, now Maharashtra Education Department today said that there will be no hike in school fee for this academic year 2020-21, in the state. "Parents should not be forced to pay the remaining fee of the academic year 2019-20 and the fee for 2020-21 in one go, they must be given monthly/quarterly payment options," it added. …

No fee hike in Maharashtra schools for academic year 2020-21
4 years, 8 months ago

No fee hike in Maharashtra schools for academic year 2020-21

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Education Department has issued new gudielines to schools directing not to hike fee for academic year 2020-2021 and asked institutions not to force parents to pay remaining fee for academic year 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 in one go. Issuing the order, Maharashtra Education Department said, "there will be no hike in school fee for this academic year 2020-21. Parents …

Noida schools allowed to collect fees for 2020-21 academic session
4 years, 8 months ago

Noida schools allowed to collect fees for 2020-21 academic session

India Today  

District administration allowed schools of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Noida to collect fees for the academic year 2020-21 but the administration has restricted any school from increasing the fees. "Schools in Gautam Buddh Nagar district can collect the fee for the academic year 2020-21 but no school shall increase the fee for the academic year 2020-21. Government of Uttar Pradesh …

Noida: Schools to pay ₹1-5 lakh penalty for raising fee and other violations
4 years, 8 months ago

Noida: Schools to pay ₹1-5 lakh penalty for raising fee and other violations

Live Mint  

The schools in Noida, Greater Noida can collect fees for the academic year 2020-21 but can't hike the same, Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration said. "Schools in Gautam Buddh Nagar district can collect the fee for the academic year 2020-21 but no school shall increase the fee for the academic year 2020-21. The administration has clarified the confusion over the …

Covid-19 Lockdown: Two branches of private school sealed in Delhi after violation of fee norms
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: Two branches of private school sealed in Delhi after violation of fee norms

India Today  

The Delhi government on Monday ordered the sealing of two branches of a private school in the national capital over violation of fee norms during the COVID-19 lockdown and lodging of an FIR against the management or operating heads of the schools. "The Delhi government has permitted to lodge an FIR and seal school buildings for such inhuman act beng …

Schools Are Justified In Charging Tuition Fee For Conducting Online Classes: Delhi HC Holds While Refusing To Intervene In DoE's April 17 Order [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Schools Are Justified In Charging Tuition Fee For Conducting Online Classes: Delhi HC Holds While Refusing To Intervene In DoE's April 17 Order [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea seeking a direction to the Directorate of Education asking it to prohibit schools from charging even the tuition fee during lockdown period. Relying upon the order of this court in the previous case of Rajat Vats v. GNCTD, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar noted that the …

Haryana Government directs private schools to only charge tuition fees during lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Haryana Government directs private schools to only charge tuition fees during lockdown

India Today  

In view of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Haryana government has directed private schools to only charge tuition fees on a per month basis for the time being from students. Strict action against schools to be taken Any school found violating these directions shall be liable to face action, a spokesman of the school education department said on Friday. The spokesman …

Delhi Govt. Prohibits Private Schools From Fee Hike, Withholding Salaries of Staff, Directs Penalty For Violations [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi Govt. Prohibits Private Schools From Fee Hike, Withholding Salaries of Staff, Directs Penalty For Violations [Read Order]

Live Law  

Directorate of Education, Delhi Government, has issued clear directions to the private and unaided schools in Delhi to not to violate the provisions of Delhi School Education Act and Rules, as well as the regulations laid down by both the Central and State Governments in light of the COVID19 pandemic. The DoE has prohibited private schools from increasing the school …

Delhi schools can only collect tuition fees for 1 month: Manish Sisodia
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi schools can only collect tuition fees for 1 month: Manish Sisodia

India Today  

Amid this chaos of Covid-19 pandemic, the government had directed all school to not pressurize parents or students to submit fees during the lockdown. Today on April 17, 2020, Delhi education minister, Manish Sisodia announced through a video conference that no Delhi school can demand more than one month’s tuition fee from the parents and students. Be it private or …

No private school allowed to increase fees during coronavirus lockdown: Manish Sisodia
4 years, 8 months ago

No private school allowed to increase fees during coronavirus lockdown: Manish Sisodia

India Today  

No private school will be allowed to increase fees during the coronavirus lockdown and only the tuition fee can be charged till the time schools reopen, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Friday. "We have got several complaints about schools hiking fees and also levying charges like transport fee, which is not even being utilised during the lockdown. …

This school will not take fees and pay its staff during coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

This school will not take fees and pay its staff during coronavirus lockdown

India Today  

Coronavirus lockdown has been extended in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14, 2020, announced the extension till May 03, 2020. No fees to be collected and salary to staff be paid by Lakhpat Singh Memorial Public School "We have exempted students from paying fees for the months of April, May, and June 2020 in view of coronavirus …

COVID-19 Lockdown: Several schools announce fee hike, add to woes of parents
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 Lockdown: Several schools announce fee hike, add to woes of parents

India TV News  

While parents are waiting for school fee waiver during the lockdown due to COVID-19 situation in the country, several schools have announced a fee hike adding to their woes. Parents have started an online petition to the HRD Ministry demanding a directive to schools for not implementing fee hike this academic session at least till schools reopen. I am anxious …

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