New Delhi, Jan 28: Heeding to the demand of
private schools, Delhi Government on Wednesday approved a slab-wise fee increase in private schools in the national capital,
putting the cap at Rs 500.
"The Cabinet decided that the hike in fee will range from
Rs 100 to Rs 500 depending on the current fee structure of the
schools. The hike will be effective from September, 2008,"
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.
Elaborating on the decisions, Education Minister Arvinder
Singh Lovely said schools were placed in different categories
depending on the current fee structure of the schools.
He said any school which is currently charging a monthly
fee of Rs 500 will be allowed to hike Rs 100. Likewise any
school charging a monthly fee of Rs 1000 will be allowed to
effect a maximum hike of Rs 200.
Lovely said schools charging a monthly fee of Rs 1500 can
hike Rs 300 and those having fee structure ranging from above
Rs 1500 to Rs 2000 will be able to hike not more than Rs 400.
For rest of the schools with monthly fee of more than Rs
2,000 will be allowed to hike the fee Rs 500, he said.
On the arrears, Lovely said maximum cap on the arrears
will be Rs 4,000 which would be payable in two instalments.
"A school charging a monthly fee of Rs 500 will be able
to collect arrears of not more than Rs 1,000. The schools
charging a monthly fee of Rs 2,000 and above can collect
maximum arrears of Rs 4,000," he said.
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