July 17, 2010

New norms for schools on fee hikes

MUMBAI: After the uproar over the Bansal committee report last year, the state government has come out with a less controversial government resolution (GR) governing school fee hikes and banning capitation fees.

It will now be mandatory for all schools to have a website and display details of their expenditure, revenue and fees. The school budget must be put up on the website as well as on the school notice board.

The GR lays out a formula to determine fees: Tally the number of sections (primary, secondary, higher secondary) and the terms at school and divide this figure by the number of children in school to arrive at an average figure for the school fees per child.

Although schools are allowed to make a reasonable surplus, the amount has not been specified. But before any hike (only once in 3 years), schools must consult the PTA over the matter and the fee-hike proposals must be made six months before the academic year begins.
 

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