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‘59 pvt schools operating on DDA land allowed to increase fees by 5-10%’

NEW DELHI:The Directorate of Education, Delhi government, has permitted 59 private schools operating on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land to increase fee by 5-10 per cent, sources said.

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 21

The Directorate of Education, Delhi government, has permitted 59 private schools operating on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land to increase fee by 5-10 per cent, sources said.

As per norms, private schools built on the DDA land need to take permission from the Directorate of Education before proceeding with any fee hike.

There are 301 such schools in the city of which 267 had approached for permission for fee hike, the sources said.

"After detailed audit of the schools, 59 of them which were in deep shortage of funds have been allowed to hike the fees by 5-10 per cent. The fee hike will be limited to tuition fees only," sources in Directorate of Education said.

The Directorate of Education had in 2017 allowed the schools to go ahead with an "interim fee hike" up to 15 per cent in line with the Seventh Pay Commission's Recommendations provided they get their financial accounts audited by the government in a fixed period of time.

The order was withdrawn by the AAP government last year, saying that the schools would have to obtain prior permission from it before increasing their fees and any hike would be permitted only after an audit of the accounts of the schools.

The schools had moved the High Court and secured a stay on the order by a single bench.

However, the Delhi government had approached a double bench which had ruled in its favour on the issue.

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