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'Cancel registration': Delhi CM warns schools against arbitrary fee hike  
Some parents complained their kids were expelled

'Cancel registration': Delhi CM warns schools against arbitrary fee hike  

By Chanshimla Varah
Apr 15, 2025
02:32 pm
What's the story

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has issued a strict warning to private schools against arbitrary fee hikes. The order came after some parents complained that their children were expelled from Model Town's Queen Mary School for protesting against illegal fee hikes. In a video shared by the CM on X, she is seen asking an official to inform the school that its registration would be canceled.

Fee regulations

Gupta emphasizes adherence to fee hike regulations

Gupta said schools cannot terrorize students or charge exorbitant fees. "There are rules and regulations (for fee hikes) that must be followed," she said. "If any school is found indulging in all these, it will have to suffer." The CM also said notices would be issued to all schools against whom complaints have been received on illegal fee hikes.

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CM speaks to students, parents 

Commitment to transparency

Zero tolerance policy for educational injustices

Gupta reaffirmed the government's dedication to transparency, equal opportunity, and protection of children's rights in education. "Any form of injustice, exploitation, and irregularity will be tackled with a zero-tolerance policy." The issue began earlier this month, when parents of several children studying at a private school in Dwarka demonstrated outside the gates, protesting the administration's fee hike. The parents claimed their children had been placed under "library arrest" since March 20 to force them to pay the increased fee.

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Parents hold protest outside Indraprastha School in Dwarka

Committee 

Committee formed to address concerns 

Following the protests, Education Minister Ashish Sood said that an inspection team would visit the school. He also said that all of Delhi's sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) would be inspecting schools and collecting answers to an 18-point questionnaire meant to check compliance. Sood further stated that a committee including the deputy director of education and the director of accounts had been formed and that the Education Department had set up a dedicated email address for parents to register concerns.