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Speaking to Times City, Arvinder Singh Lovely said, “Schools can demand anything. But it is certain that we will not allow a hike of 50% for all schools. Strict action will be taken against any school that hikes fees without the permission of the Directorate of Education (DoE).”

The Times of India writes-

Representatives of different schools have met the chief minister and also visited the DoE in the last few days to convince the government that a steep rise in fees is inevitable. Their contention has been that they have to pay 50-60% hike in the salary to their teachers along with arrears starting January 2006, as first reported by Times City. However, Lovely clarified that any hike would only be allowed on school-to-school basis. “Each school should come up with a proposal for a fee hike and tell us its requirement. The amount of hike will only be allowed depending on the accounts of each school, their strength of teachers and students, their expenditure, surplus money and other details,” Lovely said.

According to the education minister, the directorate keeps a record of the financial accounts of all the schools, and each school will have to prove its requirement to get permission for a fee hike. “Why will we allow a fee hike if a school already has surplus money,” said Lovely. But schools insisted that they may not be able to hike the salaries of their teachers unless they increase the fees. READ MORE…