Lok Sabha Question No. 751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Regulation over School fee
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 751 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Regulation over School fee

## †751.   SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any limit for the tuition fees charged from thousands of  children  of  middle  and  lower  middle  class  studying  in  private  schools  across  the country, particularly in Jharkhand;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are any guidelines of the Union Government regarding charging of tuition fees in   a school and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, whether the Government is contemplating to issue directions in this regard; and
- (e) whether the Government has issued any direction regarding exemption of tuition fees of school  children  during  Corona  period  during  which  a  large  number  of  people  were rendered jobless, children became orphans and business of several people shutdown and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (e): Education is a subject of Concurrent List of the Constitution and schools, other than  those  owned  /funded  by  Central  Government,  are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State Governments. Thus, the matter relating to fees and its components in schools are regulated in terms of Rules and Instructions of the State Government concerned.

Fee  structure  and  fee  revisions  are  regulated  by  the  Acts  and  Regulations  of  the concerned State/ UT Governments.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has incorporated various provisions in Chapter 7 of Affiliation Bye-laws, 2018 related to school fee.

- 7.1 No Society/Trust/Company/School shall charge capitation fee or accept donations for the purpose of admission for pupils.
- 7.2 Admission Fee and Fee charged under any other head are to be charged only as per the regulations of regulations of the Appropriate Government.
- 7.3 Fees shall be charged under the heads prescribed by the Department of Education of  the State/UTs.
- 7.5.1 Fee  revision  of  schools  shall  be  subject  to  laws,  regulation  and  directions  of  the Appropriate Government.
- 7.5.2 Fee  shall  not  be  revised  without  the  express  approval  of  the  School  Management Committee  or  the  process  prescribed  by  the  Appropriate  Government  under  any circumstances.
- 7.6 The  acts  and  regulations  of  the  Central  and  State/UT  Governments  enacted/framed  in connection  with  regulation  of  fee  in  respect  of  the  various  categories  of  the  schools situated in the state will be applicable to the school affiliated with CBSE also.

Further Rule 7.6 of Affiliation Bye-laws, 2018 states that the acts and regulations of the Central  and  State/UT  Governments  enacted/framed  in  connection  with  regulation  of  fee  in respect of the various categories of the schools situated in the state are applicable to the schools affiliated with CBSE also.

So  far  as  schools  affiliated  to  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  are concerned,  the  Board  has  issued  circular  on  17 th April,  2020  to  all  the  State  Education Department with the request to consider issuing suitable instructions on periodicity of payment of school fees and payment of salaries to the teaching and non-teaching staff to be applicable during the period of pandemic. The circular can be accessed on the website https://www.lms.org.in/assets/front/pdf/Fee\_payment\_Circular\_dated17April2020.pdf

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