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NCPCR drafts fee regulations to restrict arbitrary increases in school fees: Details
NCPCR drafts fee regulations to restrict arbitrary increases in school fees: Details, Purpose, Highlights, About
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has drafted fee regulations to put in place uniform fee framework to examine & restrict frequent and arbitrary increases in school fees by unaided private schools.
NCPCR is India’s highest child rights body. It will recommend these draft regulations to the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).
Draft Regulations Framework
It proposes 10% yearly cap on the fee hike permissible by private, unaided schools. It suggests setting up district fee regulatory authority in states to monitor school fee increases.
It suggests a formula for determining fees, based on school’s location, costs incurred, revenue earned, student strength and other parameters. It proposes fines on schools if they violate uniform fee framework.
These schools will be fined 1% of the revenue it generates for the first instance of violation of these rules and it will increase to 2 % and 5% for second and third violation. For any subsequent violation, it proposes to place a school in no admission category and bar it from admitting new students.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
NCPCR is a statutory body set up in 2007 under Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. Its objective is to protect, promote and defend child rights in India including rights adopted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, 1989, ratified by India in 1992. (This convention defines child as a human being below 18 years of age).
