No school fee hike in next academic year; payment by installment allowed

Gandhinagar: Ashwani Kumar, Secretary of Chief Minister office today in his press briefing made three major announcements related to school fees.

– No school will hike fees in upcoming academic year

– Payment of fees for the months of March, April and May will be allowed to be made during upcoming June to November period. Parents will have choices to pay fees by monthly installment also. There will be no pressure by schools for one-time full payment of fees.

– Apart from quarterly installment, parents will also have option to pay fees by monthly installment.

In replies to media persons, Ashwani Kumar clarified that new academic year of schools will start in the month of June. He said the announcements related to school fees are effective for all types of schools in the State.

Ashwani Kumar said the decisions related to school fee announced in today’s briefing were taken in a meeting chaired by Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama with the office bearers of School Association.The leaders of School Association later also met the Chief Minister, he said.