Less than 24 hours after CM Bhagwant Singh Mann announced sweeping reforms to curb arbitrary fee hikes by private schools, the Punjab Government has moved swiftly to translate the decision into law. School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains has written to the Secretary, School Education Department, directing the immediate drafting of legislation that will regulate … Read more
In a landmark move aimed at ending arbitrary fee hikes by private schools and providing long-awaited relief to lakhs of families across Punjab, the Bhagwant Mann Government has announced a sweeping regulatory framework that caps annual fee increases at 5%, mandates refunds of excess fees collected from parents wherever schools breached the annual limit during … Read more
By Ustat Kaur [email protected] The issue of school fee payment has emerged as one of the biggest issues amidst lockdown. Parent Associations have been demanding no school no fees. Despite that, the schools have been imposing fees on parents and now HC has also ruled that schools can charge 70 % of tuition fees. The … Read more