Delhi schools allowed to hike fees (Image by PTI/Rep)
Sisodia said the increase would be only 2-3 per cent. He also warned, “If schools are increasing fees on their own, we will take action against them.”
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The Delhi government has allowed limited schools in the national capital to marginally increase their school fees. Addressing the media, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia said, “From 2015 we did not allow private schools to increase fees and continued till 2020, in view of COVID, now we have allowed fees of very limited schools is”.
Sisodia said the increase would be only 2-3 per cent. He also warned, “If schools are increasing fees on their own, we will take action against them.” Even as the Delhi government asked schools not to increase fees due to COVID-19, there were several reports of schools charging extra fees during this period. this period.
The announcement came after the Delhi Parents Association organized on Tuesday Protest outside a top private school against “arbitrary fee hike”“I, along with the Delhi units of Congress and BJP, are seeking the intervention of the AAP government in this matter.
“The recent remarks by the Delhi Education Minister claiming that private schools in Delhi have not increased fees in the last several years are a lie. Schools are increasing fees illegally every year in violation of rules. any action.
Meanwhile, once again the cases of corona virus are increasing in Delhi. “I have received reports in the past few days from some schools where parents have reported their child testing positive. The education department will issue guidelines to schools in this regard tomorrow.”
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