Law to regulate school fee in Delhi risks becoming procedural, say parents; minister says ‘small, politicised circle criticising new rules’

Three days after the Rekha Gupta government notified the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act to regulate fees in private schools , parent groups, while terming the step as “progressive”, worried that “loopholes” could weaken its implementation.

Divya Mattey, a parent at Delhi Public School , Dwarka, maintained that the new law is an important attempt in introducing long-pending accountability in the fee-fixation practices of private unaided recognised schools. He, however, added, “While several long-standing demands of parents have been acknowledged, serious gaps and loopholes remain, raising concerns about the practical enforceability of the rules.”

He welcomed provisions such as free and fair parent-teacher association elections and the