School Fees

AAP government to act against Delhi private schools for arbitrarily increasing fee

Delhi govt decided to act strictly against private schools that arbitrarily increased school fee citing the Seventh Pay Commission revision as a reason.

SC ruling on private school fees: Govt regulation is important, but can't be long-term strategy

On 24 January, the Supreme Court ruled that any private school in Delhi running on land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has to take the permission of the Delhi government before hiking the fees.

Ghaziabad teen kills self after school teachers humiliate father for not paying fees

Government should ponder, that why thousands of parents like Tomar trust sundry private schools, over government schools, that are almost free.

Delhi fee fleece: Court panel orders Rs 300 cr refund; schools make parents wait

Despite orders of Supreme Court and the high court to make schools return excess fee collected from parents and roll back the hiked fee, successive governments in Delhi have failed to ensure both.

Get this: School fees shot up 433% during UPA rule

The CSO study shows that while in 2004 school fees was at Rs 48.7 per student on average, it has risen to Rs 259.6 in 2013.