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Minister Ashish Sood said the new law closes a loophole in the 1973 rules, under which only 300 schools were covered for the fee regulation.
Sood said the law was drafted after consultations with parents and education experts. (Representative/File)
The Delhi government has introduced a new fee regulation law covering all 1,700 private schools in the city, which includes provisions for parental participation and veto power on fee hikes, Education Minister Ashish Sood announced on Friday.
During a “Parents’ Town Hall” in Janakpuri, Sood explained that the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, passed in the Monsoon Session of the Assembly, aims to end arbitrary fee increases and ensure transparency in the fee determination process, reported PTI.
Around 200 parents attended the event, where the minister detailed key aspects of the law, such as penalties for non-compliance.
Schools that increase fees without government approval will be fined between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, with double penalties if excess charges are not refunded, according to an official statement.
The Act also empowers the Director of Education with similar authority to a sub-divisional magistrate to enforce uniform action against violations.
Committees including parents, teachers, school management, and government representatives will be involved in setting school fees, the PTI report added.
Sood noted that this new law closes a loophole in the 1973 rules, which only covered 300 schools for fee regulation. “Now, all private schools in Delhi will come under the ambit of fee regulation,” he said.
The minister criticised past governments for not establishing a transparent system for private school fee control.
“Those who claimed to have brought an education revolution did not make real improvements in government schools,” he remarked, adding that many parents chose private schools due to the poor state of public education facilities.
According to the Act, fee proposals must be decided by school-level committees by July 15, district-level committees by July 30, and finalised by September. If no decision is reached within 45 days, the matter will be referred to an appellate committee.
Sood stated that the law was drafted after consultations with parents and education experts to curb the commercialisation of education and protect students’ interests.
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