Govt plans ordinance to regulate pvt school fee hikes
New Delhi: Delhi govt is likely to introduce an ordinance for Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, aimed at curbing arbitrary fee hikes in private schools.
The ordinance could be brought within a week, a senior govt official said.
In a state assembly, an ordinance is a law issued when the legislature is not in session. The state legislature can then choose to approve the ordinance, reject it, or modify it. According to sources in Delhi govt, a proposal in this regard has already been sent to the law department. The ordinance would be an interim measure operating for a limited time, before the bill is brought in the monsoon session of Delhi Assembly, the sources said.
The draft bill was earlier planned to be passed in a special session of Delhi Assembly scheduled for May 13-14. However, the session did not take place.
A Delhi govt official said the draft bill aims to set guidelines for all schools in the city to regulate school fees. It will have strict provisions for schools found increasing fees, such as a Rs 50,000 fine to be imposed by Director of Education in the case of each student.
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The administration will also have the power to seal and sell the school property in case of repeated violations and unpaid fines. There will also be a provision to double the amount of the fine if it is not paid within a fixed timeframe, the sources said.
The draft advocates the establishment of a school-level fee regulation committee, a district fee appellate committee, and a revision committee to oversee fee structures and address grievances.
According to the draft, every school shall constitute, within two months of the passage of the bill, a school-level fee regulation committee for each academic year. The panel will comprise representatives of the school management, the principal, three teachers and five parents.
The observer would be Director of Education of the committee.
In the district fee appellate committee, the chairperson will be the deputy Director of Education and the member secretary would be the deputy Director of Education (zonal). It will comprise a chartered accountant, parents and teachers. In the revision committee, there would be an eminent person from the education sector.
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