Calcutta High Court directed that students will have to pay the entire claim of fees made by school authorities by October 25
Andhra government has fixed a per annum tuition-free for private unaided junior colleges located in gram panchayats.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court had also said in last year's November 4 order that there shall not be increment in fee for academic session 2020-21
Tamil Nadu Education Department has reiterated that all unaided private schools in the state must follow the guidelines laid down by the Madras High Court in collecting fees
Maharashtra Cabinet on July 28 decided to slash private school fees for the current academic year by 15 per cent. State Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said, "I want to inform that the cabinet has today decided to cut 15% school fees in the wake of the pandemic.
Private schools in the national capital can collect fees on a monthly basis with a 15 per cent reduction in lieu of facilities that could not be utilised by students during the lockdown period, the Delhi government announced on Thursday.
Minister Inder Singh Parmar's statement has now gone viral on the social media. The parents union has demanded an apology from the minister. They have also decided to file a defamation case against Parmar
The Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court order permitting unaided private schools in Delhi to levy annual fee and development charges from students.
The state government has already launched Mahtari Dular Yojna to provide free education and monthly scholarship to the children studying in government schools, who have lost their parents/guardians to COVID-19.
Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma said schools can take fees in accordance with the arrangements they had for the 2019-20 session as the fees was not hiked last year also due to the similar situation during the first wave.
Meanwhile, DEO Ramchandra Pilaniya, speaking to IANS, said, "We have already slapped a notice to the school concerned and asked them to take the students back into classes who have been blocked since this comprises Supreme Court guidelines."
Giving a major setback to parents, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that parents will have to pay 100% of the school fees for the academic session 2020-21 during the pandemic period which will be equal to the fees paid in the academic session 2019-20.
The Gujarat government on Wednesday asked all private schools to take a 25 per cent cut in annual school fees, in relief to parents of school-going children hit by economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdown.
A group of parents from different states has moved the Supreme Court to seek directions to the Centre and state governments to direct all private unaided/aided schools to not charge fees for April-July or till commencement of physical classes.
The Maharashtra Education Department has issued new gudielines to schools directing not to hike fee for academic year 2020-2021 and asked institutions not to force parents to pay remaining fee for academic year 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 in one go.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a video conference on Friday announced that schools (including private) in Delhi will not be allowed to charge 3-month fee and can only take 1-month tuition fee.
The largest congregation of budget private school, National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and sought relief for private schools.
Maharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday said the state government will prepare a robust system to reimburse fees directly into the bank accounts of students hailing from drought-hit areas.
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