10% cap on the fee hike for the private schools recommended by Child Right’s body

10% cap on the fee hike for the private schools recommended by Child Right’s body

An official with the NCPCR said that the body has recommended a yearly cap of 10% fee hike for the unaided, private schools. Priyank Kanungo, a member of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, said that the body has come up with a framework of recommendations after they received reports that children are being harassed by the school authorities for the fee hike and some have even considered committing suicide over the fee hike issue. "We have made the recommendations to the HRD Ministry and has proposed the setting up of a district fee regulatory authority in states to monitor school fee increases," he said. Mr. Kanungo said that they have received numerous complaints of the mental and emotional harassment of the children at schools by the authorities over fee-related disputes between the parents and school administrations. Following the complaints, the body has come up with a fee regulatory framework for the private schools. The private schools makeup 23 percent of total schools in the nation and cater to the educational needs of 36 percent of the total population of children who are in schools. According to the draft regulations, if a school violates the norms of the framework then respective state government can bar the school from taking new admissions for the new session or can impose a fine equivalent to 10percent of the total revenue generated by the school in the previous year.

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