School Fees
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Punjab Assembly passes bill on capping school fee at 5 per cent: All you need to know
India | Aug 10, 2026, 06:10 PM ISTPunjab Assembly passes a Bill capping annual fee hikes by unaided private schools at 5 per cent. The new rules cover multiple school charges and provide for refunds when three-year fee hikes exceed 15 per cent.
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Schools in Delhi directed not to collect fees for more than a month at a time: Delhi govt
Education | May 02, 2026, 10:43 AM IST"No school shall, in any manner whatsoever, mandate, require, or compel any parent or guardian to pay fees for a period exceeding one calendar month in a single instalment," DoE notification mentioned.
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Delhi govt tightens grip on private schools; orders formation of fee fixation committees
Education | Dec 24, 2025, 10:41 PM ISTThis committee will include representatives from the school management, the principal, three teachers, five parents, and one nominee from the Directorate of Education.
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Delhi govt to table education bill to regulate private schools fee hikes in monsoon session
Delhi | Aug 02, 2025, 02:32 PM ISTThe Delhi government is set to introduce the Delhi School Education Bill, 2025, in the upcoming Monsoon session to regulate arbitrary private school fee hikes, with strict penalties for violations.
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Delhi Assembly session from August 4, key bill to regulate private school fee hikes likely
Delhi | Jul 28, 2025, 11:50 PM ISTThe five-day monsoon session of the Delhi Assembly will begin on August 4 and is expected to be paperless under the NeVA system. A key focus will be the introduction of a bill to regulate private school fee hikes.
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Man criticises schools for selling overpriced textbooks, video goes viral | WATCH
Trending | Apr 05, 2025, 02:51 PM ISTA video has been doing rounds on the internet wherein a man has a sarcastic take on schools selling overpriced textbooks. He also highlights how schools have started to operate like shopping malls. Check out the video here.
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Students need to pay full fees; schools can't stop them from writing exams: Calcutta HC
Education | Oct 02, 2021, 01:48 PM ISTCalcutta High Court directed that students will have to pay the entire claim of fees made by school authorities by October 25
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Andhra fixes coaching, hostel fee slabs for junior colleges
Education | Aug 25, 2021, 04:56 PM ISTAndhra government has fixed a per annum tuition-free for private unaided junior colleges located in gram panchayats.
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School fees amid pandemic: SC asks MP education dept to compile details of compliance of HC order
Education | Aug 20, 2021, 05:45 PM ISTThe Madhya Pradesh High Court had also said in last year's November 4 order that there shall not be increment in fee for academic session 2020-21
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TN schools asked to follow Madras HC guidelines on fee collection
Education | Aug 11, 2021, 09:36 PM ISTTamil Nadu Education Department has reiterated that all unaided private schools in the state must follow the guidelines laid down by the Madras High Court in collecting fees
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COVID-19: Maha govt slashes school fees by 15%
News | Jul 29, 2021, 10:20 AM ISTMaharashtra Cabinet on July 28 decided to slash private school fees for the current academic year by 15 per cent. State Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said, "I want to inform that the cabinet has today decided to cut 15% school fees in the wake of the pandemic.
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Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt
Education | Jul 02, 2021, 07:41 AM ISTPrivate schools in the national capital can collect fees on a monthly basis with a 15 per cent reduction in lieu of facilities that could not be utilised by students during the lockdown period, the Delhi government announced on Thursday.
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Go and die: Madhya Pradesh minister's remark to parents sparks controversy
Education | Jun 30, 2021, 12:35 PM ISTMinister Inder Singh Parmar's statement has now gone viral on the social media. The parents union has demanded an apology from the minister. They have also decided to file a defamation case against Parmar
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Private schools can collect annual, development charges in Delhi: SC refuses to interfere
Education | Jun 28, 2021, 02:17 PM ISTThe Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court order permitting unaided private schools in Delhi to levy annual fee and development charges from students.
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Chhattisgarh govt to pay school fees of Covid orphaned children
India | Jun 14, 2021, 07:10 PM ISTThe state government has already launched Mahtari Dular Yojna to provide free education and monthly scholarship to the children studying in government schools, who have lost their parents/guardians to COVID-19.
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UP govt bans any hike in school fees for upcoming academic session
Education | May 20, 2021, 05:57 PM ISTDeputy CM Dinesh Sharma said schools can take fees in accordance with the arrangements they had for the 2019-20 session as the fees was not hiked last year also due to the similar situation during the first wave.
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Jaipur schools block students over fees even as parents fight Covid-19
Education | May 13, 2021, 02:56 PM ISTMeanwhile, DEO Ramchandra Pilaniya, speaking to IANS, said, "We have already slapped a notice to the school concerned and asked them to take the students back into classes who have been blocked since this comprises Supreme Court guidelines."
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Major setback to parents: Will have to pay 100% school fee during pandemic period, says SC
India | Feb 08, 2021, 10:33 PM ISTGiving a major setback to parents, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that parents will have to pay 100% of the school fees for the academic session 2020-21 during the pandemic period which will be equal to the fees paid in the academic session 2019-20.
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Gujarat private schools to take 25 per cent fee cut
Education | Sep 30, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTThe Gujarat government on Wednesday asked all private schools to take a 25 per cent cut in annual school fees, in relief to parents of school-going children hit by economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdown.
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Parents move Supreme Court over school fees for April-July
Education | Jul 01, 2020, 06:20 PM ISTA group of parents from different states has moved the Supreme Court to seek directions to the Centre and state governments to direct all private unaided/aided schools to not charge fees for April-July or till commencement of physical classes.