Bill will provide 'clarity' on fees: Parents, schools

Parents across the Capital and school principals on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi government's Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, saying it would provide much-needed clarity on the issue of unauthorised fee hikes.

- Varun Bhandari

NEW DELHI:

In a press conference on the day, Delhi education minister Ashish Sood said that schools will not be allowed to increase fees "arbitrarily" hereon and that all decisions on fee hikes will be taken in consultation with parents, while the government retains the authority to regulate fees.

Minakshi Kushwaha, principal of Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, said: "To align with NEP 2020... needs investment, so schools hiking fee is not with bad intention and we hope that this bill will simplify the process."

Mallika Preman, principal, Tagore International School, also welcomed the bill. "The implementation of the bill should benefit all the stakeholders," she said.