NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to bring in a regulation to check arbitrary fee hikes by private schools. The move comes after the success of the Uttar Pradesh government’s legislation, brought in this year, to regulate fees charged by private schools, including minority ones, in the state.
According to a senior official, the Centre is consulting all stakeholders and trying to build a consensus before the move is implemented.
"It is for the states to regulate fees as the schools are registered there. The central government is having internal discussions on this. It’s also reaching out to states and other stakeholders for a consensus," said the official.
In April this year, the UP government approved the ‘ordinance for self-financed independent schools (regulation of fees) bill 2018’ to tighten the noose around schools charging staggering fees. The law restricts private schools from raising fees beyond 8 per cent.
The UP government decided to take the ordinance route as the Assembly was not in session. This is applicable to all private schools, including minority institutions, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and the UP board.
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