Hyderabad: Schools must disclose fee for CBSE affiliation
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The Central Board of Secondary Education has revamped its affiliation rules and made it mandatory for schools to disclose fee structure and not levy any hidden charges on parents, failing which the institution can lose its affiliation. The new affiliation by-laws also lay emphasis on achieving academic excellence through mandatory teacher training. The revised affiliation by-laws shall come into force with immediate effect from the date of notification, said CBSE. While releasing the amendments to the by-laws, Union minister for human resource development Prakash Javadekar said that in order to make the fee structure of schools transparent, they will now be required to fully disclose all financial details to the guardians of students and no hidden charges will be allowed to pass off as fees.