Under the new rule in private schools in Madhya Pradesh, without permission, no more than 10% fees will not increase

Bhopal

There is a big update on bus fare and tuition fees in private schools in Madhya Pradesh. Now private schools will not be able to charge a separate bus fee and it will also be considered part of the annual. Governor Mangubhai Patel has approved the Madhya Pradesh Private School Act-2024 House. Without permission to the new rule, the fees will no longer increase more than 10%. Schools with more than ₹ 25000 annual fees will have to take permission of the District Committee to increase the fees. The same fee will also include the fee of the bus. The Governor has approved the new law. 18000 schools in Madhya Pradesh will come under its purview. This new rule will provide great relief to parents.

Parents relief on fee control

This bill is an important step towards regularizing the fees policy of private schools and bringing transparency. This will not only reduce the financial burden of parents, but will also ensure equality in education and right to education for all children. This effort of the government expects major changes in the education sector, which can prove to be in the interest of students and parents. This bill is an important step towards regularizing the fees policy of private schools and bringing transparency.

16 thousand schools in the state

Let us tell you that there are about 34,652 private schools in Madhya Pradesh. Out of these, there are about 16 thousand such schools, whose annual fees in any class are 25 thousand rupees or less. Rules have been made in the year 2020 under Madhya Pradesh Private School Act-2017. According to this, the government was given the right to decide the fees on the fees of private schools and other subjects.

What in new provisions

According to the new provisions, 10 percent annual fees can be increased without permission, but it will be necessary to get permission of the District Committee for more increase than this. Schools taking fees up to Rs 25 thousand have trouble in financial management for other arrangements including salary of teachers. Let us tell you that if you increase ten percent, then the parents do not have much weight, so a new sub -section has been proposed that the annual fees of Rs 25,000 will be outside the purview of the school act. Also, transport fees will be part of the annual fees of schools. Currently, schools take it separate from the annual fees and it is also high. This will keep the annual fees controlled.

Education Minister will be the chairman of the committee

According to the new rules, hearing the appeal of objection on increasing the fees, amendment has also been proposed to the Committee Act headed by the Minister that there will be a state level committee to hear the appeal against the order for more than 15 percent increase in annual fees. Its president will be the Minister of School Education. The committee will have the right to reduce or increase the fine imposed on a school by the departmental committee.

Private schools will not be able to charge separate bus fees

The Government of Madhya Pradesh introduced a bill introduced for amending the Madhya Pradesh Private School Act-2024. In this, it has been provided that bus fees will not be recovered separately by private schools and bus fees will be considered as part of the school’s annual fees. After passing the Madhya Pradesh Private School Act-2024 House, Governor will be sent to Mangubhai Patel for permission and will come into effect as soon as the approval from there.