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Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Friday that New Delhi, Delhi government has brought all 1,700 private schools in the city under a new fee regulation law under a new fee regulation law.
Speaking at a “Parent’s Town Hall” in Janakpuri, Sood said that Delhi School Education Bill, 2025, passed in the monsoon session of the assembly, tries to end the increase in arbitrary fees and ensure transparency in the fee determination process.
Around 200 parents attended the conversation, where the minister explained the major provisions of the law, including punishment for non-transportation.
Without the government’s approval, schools will face fines from schools that increase fees To 1 lakh According to an official statement, he said, if additional allegations are not refunded, with 10 million, double punishment.
This bill also gives the director of education powers a sub-division as a magistrate to ensure a similar action against the violation.
Parents, teachers, school management and government representative committees will be involved in determining the school fees, read it.
Sood said that the new law shuts down a flaws in the 1973 rules, under which only 300 schools were covered for fee regulation. “Now, all private schools in Delhi will come under the purview of fee regulation,” he said.
The minister criticized the previous governments for failing to set up a transparent system for private school fee control.
He said, “Those who claimed to bring an education revolution did not make a real improvement in government schools,” he said that many parents opted for private schools due to the poor situation of public education.
According to the bill, the decision on the fee proposals should be made by the school level committees by July 15, the district level committees by July 30 and by September were finalized. If no decision is made within 45 days, the matter will be sent to the Appellate Committee.
Sood said that the law was drafted after consulting parents and education experts to curb the commercialization of education and protect the interests of the students.
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