US EditionDelhi Cabinet approves draft bill to regulate fees in 1,677 private, government schools
- The Delhi Cabinet approved a draft Bill on Tuesday, May 2025, to regulate fees in 1,677 private, aided, and government schools across New Delhi.
- The Bill follows growing complaints from parents and students regarding arbitrary fee hikes and lack of a clear mechanism to monitor fee increases.
- The legislation establishes transparent guidelines and procedures, forming committees at school, district, and state levels to oversee fee hikes and impose penalties on violations.
- Penalties for unauthorized fee increases range from ₹1 lakh to ₹10 lakh, with additional fines up to ₹50,000 per student for coercive practices such as isolating fee defaulters.
- This first-of-its-kind Bill in Delhi aims to end arbitrary fee increases, easing parents' burden and filling a regulatory gap unaddressed since 1973.
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Draft bill passed by cabinet lays out complete fee guidelines for 1,677 Delhi schools: CM Rekha Gupta
Addressing parents' concerns about alleged harassment by certain schools on arbitrarily hike of fees, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced that a draft Bill has been passed by the cabinet which will have complete guideline on fee structure and regulation for all the 1677 schools in Delhi.
Delhi Cabinet clears new law to regulate school fees amid complaints of arbitrary hikes: CM Rekha Gupta
The Delhi cabinet, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has approved the School Fee Act to regulate fee hikes for all private schools. This decision comes keeping in view of increase fee hike in Delhi and is expected to provide much-needed relief to parents across the capital. Once the act is passed in the Delhi Assembly, it will become law and impose strict regulations on the fee structures of private schools. What did CM Rekha Gupta say? While a…
Parents, school principals welcome draft bill to regulate school fees
Parents and school principals in Delhi have welcomed the draft bill to regulate fees in all private schools. On Tuesday, the Delhi cabinet approved the Delhi School Education Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees Bill, 2025, to bring clarity and fairness to the fee structure in private institutions. Sudha Acharya, principal of ITL International School in Dwarka, said the bill will bring transparency between schools and parents and will…
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