Delhi govt tells Presidium School not to raise fee without approval

NEW DELHI: The Delhi education department has warned Presidium School, Dwarka 16 B, against increasing fee without approval. The department said it would take action

NEW DELHI: The Delhi education department has warned Presidium School, Dwarka 16 B, against increasing fee without approval. The department said it would take action against the school if it failed to comply.

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“Directorate of Education has asked the school to follow the orders under the Delhi School Education Act and comply with directions on the determination of fees from the academic session 2009-10 to 2015-16,” said an official statement from Delhi government.

The department acted against the school following complaints of arbitrary fee hike from parents. The school has also been asked to refund the excess fee that the parents had been charged. The direction has been issued to the school as it is located on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land.

School authorities, however, said they had complied with the directions and not violated any rules of the department.

“As desired by the department, we have not increased the fee for the academic session 2016-2017,” said GS Matharoo, chief executive officer, Presidium Schools.

For other years which the department has notified, the school said there was no rule in place and the decision was taken as per norms.

HT on January 26 reported on the letter being sent to the school against an arbitrary fee hike. Then the department had conducted an enquiry. It was established that the school had formed two fee structures for student studying in the same class.

The students enrolled in the school and being promoted to the next class had to pay more fees than new students being admitted to the class.