The District Regulatory Body for Unaided Educational Institutions had asked the owners/managing directors of all private schools to ensure free education of all those children orphaned in the Covid pandemic and of those kids too, who belong to families that have lost their breadwinner either due to
Just about a year after the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that the uploading of a financial statement by the private schools in Chandigarh on their websites would, among other things, ensure transparency, the Supreme Court today allowed a bunch of appeals challenging the order.
Fee Regulatory Committee of the Chandigarh Education Department constituted four years ago has failed to serve its purpose of preventing commercialisation and profiteering in private schools, and has disappointed many parents with its laid-back approach towards such complaints.
Having drawn criticism for the non-implementation of the Chief Minister’s order regarding capping of fee to be charged by private schools in Punjab, the government is all set to issue letters to district education officers (DEOs), asking them to ensure the orders are complied with.