Yogi government readies bill to check arbitrary fee hikes in schools including in private and minority institutions

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday discussed a draft of the proposed Uttar Pradesh self-financed independent schools (Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2018.

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday discussed a draft bill that aims to check arbitrary fee hikes imposed by private schools and provide relief to students.

The state Cabinet discussed a draft of the proposed Uttar Pradesh self-financed independent schools (Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2018, aimed at checking arbitrary fee structures, PTI quoted Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma as saying.

The proposed bill will apply to all private schools charging Rs 20,000 in fees annually including the minority institutions and will come into force from the academic session 2018-2019, he said.

"The aim is that there should not be any capitation fee and that the admission fee is not charged every year and the school uniforms are not changed on annual basis," Sharma added. 

It also aims at curbing the tendency of some private schools to charge hefty fees from students and has a provision of a penalty of Rs one lakh for flouting the provisions for the first time, Rs five lakhs for the second and de-recognition in case the school repeats the offence for the third time, he further said.

#UPCM श्री #YogiAdityanath की अध्यक्षता में मंत्रिपरिषद की बैठक में प्रस्तावित उत्तर प्रदेश स्ववित्तपोषित स्वतंत्र विद्यालय (शुल्क निर्धारण) विधेयक-2018 पर विचार-विमर्श हुआ। — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 3, 2018

प्रस्तावित विधेयक प्रदेश के छात्र-छात्राओं को गुणवत्तापूर्ण शिक्षा सुलभ कराते हुए निजी स्कूलों द्वारा उनसे वसूले जा रहे मनमाने शुल्क को विनियमित करने के उद्देश्य से लाया जा रहा है: उप मुख्यमंत्री @drdineshbjp — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 3, 2018

विधेयक को शैक्षिक सत्र, 2018-19 से लागू किया जाना प्रस्तावित इस विधेयक से प्रदेश के अल्पसंख्यक विद्यालयों सहित 20,000 रुपये वार्षिक या इससे अधिक शुल्क वसूलने वाले सभी निजी शैक्षणिक संस्थाएं प्रभावित होंगी: उप मुख्यमंत्री @drdineshbjp — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 3, 2018

शुल्क को विनियमित किये जाने के लिये प्रत्येक मण्डल में मण्डलायुक्त की अध्यक्षता में मण्डलीय शुल्क नियामक समिति के गठन का प्राविधान किया गया: उप मुख्यमंत्री @drdineshbjp — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 3, 2018

विद्यार्थियों/अभिभावकों को निजी विद्यालयों द्वारा डाले जा रहे वित्तीय अधिभार से मुक्ति मिलेगी तथा निजी विद्यालय मनमाने ढंग से शुल्क वृद्धि नहीं कर सकेंगे: उप मुख्यमंत्री @drdineshbjp — CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 3, 2018

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that the state government will soon start recruitment for 1.62 lakh jobs in various sectors and said the interview procedure has already been done away with to ensure that there is no graft in recruitment, IANS reported.

"My government has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption and we will do everything possible to do so," he said at a function in Sant Kabir Nagar. The recruitment process would be announced soon," Yogi added.

(With Agency inputs)