The Fee Regulatory Body in Patiala has directed two private schools in the district to refund the excess fee they collected from students. The body has also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh on the schools.
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Complying with the orders of the District Regulatory Body, as many as five private schools of the city have returned fees to students who had lost their father or the sole breadwinner of the family.
The state government’s decision to waive the fee of students studying in unaided schools, who had lost their father or the sole breadwinner of the family, has come to a nought.
In order to check fleecing of students and their parents by unaided private schools, the district administration has constituted a regulatory panel to ensure proper implementation of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2019, in the district.