Enforced lockdown due to corona virus infection, most schools are teaching online. Recently, Delhi and other state governments gave strict instructions to schools regarding the fees. Now in this episode, the UP government has also told the schools that they will not be able to increase the fees in the new session. Read what is the government’s decision
- There will be no increase in fees in the new semester, if the schools have taken the fees at the increased rate then they will adjust it
- On the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister, Secondary Education Department took decision in the interest of students and parents
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma has taken a big decision in the interest of students and parents due to the extraordinary circumstances caused by the corona virus (Kovid-19). Accordingly, the schools have been instructed not to increase the fees in the academic session 2020–21. The government argues that due to the lockdown, employment of parents of some students has also been adversely affected.
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Parents of such students are facing difficulties in depositing fees. Keeping this in mind, the Deputy Chief Minister of the state Dr. Dinesh Sharma has given this instruction to the Department of Secondary Education. On the instructions of the Deputy Chief Minister, Principal Secretary Secondary Education Aradhana Shukla has instructed all the District Magistrate and Director of Secondary Education through a letter that the lockdown is going on during the infection of corona virus.
This decision has been taken in view of emergency situations arising due to lockdown. According to the verdict, all the boards operated in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Council, Central Secondary Education Council (CBSE), Secondary Education Council of India (ICSE), International Baklorette (IB) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) schools are new. Fees will not be increased in the academic session 2020–21.
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In the academic session 2019–20, the fee will be charged from the student in the academic session 2020–21 only according to the fee structure stated for each class. If a school has charged the increased rates in the academic session 2020–21, then they will adjust the extra fee in the fees for the coming months.
On the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Dinesh Sharma, the Department of Secondary Education had earlier issued a directive in the interest of students and parents that schools should be charged on monthly basis during the period of disaster due to corona virus infection. No student or guardian should be forced to pay three months advance fees.
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Apart from this, no student should be denied in the online education conducted by the school for non-payment of fees and no name should be deducted in the name of fees. Students and parents can make a complaint before the District Fee Regulatory Committee constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Self-Financed Independent Schools (Fee Determination) Act-2018, if they are lax in complying with the order issued by the department.
