TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hyderabad: Admitting that though it is tough to control the private school managements for hiking the school fee, the minister for school education M Vara Prasada Rao on Tuesday said that the government is contemplating to bring a law to curb this practice. Replying to a query on the hike in the fee by the private managements, the minister expressed his helplessness but later said he would talk to the chief minister and see that a law was passed to control the managements for taking huge fees. Earlier, the minister held a review meeting with the officials of the school education. The minister said that 60 per cent of the text books were already dispatched to the district head quarters and by first week of the academic year they will be handed over to the schools. He said that 5.91 crore text books are required and till now 3.46 crore have already sent to the district head quarters. He said that a monitoring cell will be started in his peshi from June 22 to facilitate distribution of text books. The officials will be monitoring from Wednesday onwards. The minister said that the key to the DSC question papers will be released on June 4.
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June 03, 2009
June 02, 2009
Govt clears fee hike in Pvt schools in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: The state government on Monday approved a fee hike in private schools. These schools can raise fees between 17.5% and 18.5% for this academic year provided that with this increase the total hike since 2007-08 does not exceed 32.5%.
“Schools that have increased fees over the upper limit of 32.5% in the last three years will have to adjust the excess amount in the coming months,” said R P Jain, principal secretary, education department. He added that schools which have not raised fees for the last two years can raise them by 20% this academic year.
The government had constituted a committee headed by education secretary Bhaskar Sawant to examine the financial implications of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission on private schools. The committee was formed last December after the fee-hike issue took a political turn with agitated parents approaching chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who assured support. The final report was submitted to education minister Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal, who cleared it on Monday.
“The government decision to regulate school fees was taken to safeguard the interests of teachers and parents,” Meghwal said. Schools have to fulfil two conditions in order to raise fees.
First, teachers and administrative employees should be regular staff. And second, they should be paid in accordance with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
“The department has made the provision of 15% fee hike on account of Sixth Pay Commission while the rest can be attributed to inflation,” added Jain. The department will look into petitions filed by those schools which feel aggrieved by the suggestions.
The grievances will be addressed within 30 days.
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“Schools that have increased fees over the upper limit of 32.5% in the last three years will have to adjust the excess amount in the coming months,” said R P Jain, principal secretary, education department. He added that schools which have not raised fees for the last two years can raise them by 20% this academic year.
The government had constituted a committee headed by education secretary Bhaskar Sawant to examine the financial implications of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission on private schools. The committee was formed last December after the fee-hike issue took a political turn with agitated parents approaching chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who assured support. The final report was submitted to education minister Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal, who cleared it on Monday.
“The government decision to regulate school fees was taken to safeguard the interests of teachers and parents,” Meghwal said. Schools have to fulfil two conditions in order to raise fees.
First, teachers and administrative employees should be regular staff. And second, they should be paid in accordance with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
“The department has made the provision of 15% fee hike on account of Sixth Pay Commission while the rest can be attributed to inflation,” added Jain. The department will look into petitions filed by those schools which feel aggrieved by the suggestions.
The grievances will be addressed within 30 days.
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