The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bhardwaj on Thursday accused the Delhi government of acting under pressure from private school lobbies by introducing a school fee ordinance without any legislative scrutiny or public consultation.
In her letter to the Delhi CM, Atishi said that the Bill should also be referred to the Select Committee, which will seek the opinion from the parents.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Directorate of Education, Delhi government and Action Committee of Unaided Recognised Private Schools on a plea challenging the Delhi High Court orders which allowed private schools on government land to increase tuition fees without prior
Parents of 32 students, allegedly expelled by Delhi Public School, Dwarka, over a fee hike dispute, have approached the Delhi High Court seeking their children's reinstatement. In their plea, they claim the school repeatedly ignored written reminders and complaints to the Directorate of Edu
The CM emphasised that the Act will ensure fees are regulated transparently, putting an end to arbitrary fee hikes. She claimed that previous governments had allowed fees to increase unchecked, but her government has taken a step to address this issue.
In a letter to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Atishi said that the draft bill seeks to regulate future fee hike from academic year 2026-27 onwards - and even those provisions will need to be examined, leaving the "most" important question unanswered: what happens to the fees already hiked by pr
Addressing growing concerns over frequent and unregulated fee increases by private schools, the Delhi Cabinet, under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Tuesday cleared the bill, which is expected to apply to 1,677 private schools in the city.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed its stern displeasure over the inhuman treatment meted out to students by Delhi Public School Dwarka. The students were confined in library and were not allowed to attend the class over the fee hike.
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday said that 10 schools have been issued show-cause notices, and audited reports of 600 schools have been gathered in the last 7 days over complaints of arbitrary fee hikes in the national capital.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that the education system in the national capital has completely "fallen into the clutches" of the mafias under the BJP government following an alleged fee hike in several private schools recently.