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Friday, October 10, 2008

Schools seek huge hike in tuition fee

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Teachers of Delhi's private schools can look forward to a big raise in line with a recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. Parents are dreading it, fearing they will be made to foot the bill.

Representatives of the National Progressive Schools' conference, an umbrella body of 100 private schools from Delhi, met Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday to seek government approval.

They were told a committee would be set up to look into this demand and it will have a month to submit its report. The pay commission has recommended a 100 per cent raise in teachers' salaries.

"The private schools will meet the Delhi education director on October 16," said Jyoti Bose, principal Springdales (Dhaula Kuan) and a member of the schools' conference.

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Your kid's school fee is set for a steep rise

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You are already paying more for your vegetables and grocery, now get ready to pay more for your child's school fees.

A group of 300 private schools, most of them in east Delhi, on Friday announced that they might soon increase their fees by up to 30 per cent. The announcement by the Federation of Schools could trigger similar fee hikes across the city .

The federation said the new fee structure would come into force once the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations are implemented.

Private schools in Delhi pay their teachers the same scale as government teachers. If the scale of government teachers rises after implementation of the pay panel's recommendations, private schools will a1so have to raise fees. "There wn be 20 to 30 per cent increase in fees as it is our only source of income," R.P Mallick, chairman of the federation, said.

S.L. Jain, chairman of the National Progressive Schools' Conference, another association of various prominent schools, said the fee hike might become necessary "But the hike will depend on various factors such as the present fee structure of a school, the budget and other individual specifications," Jain said. Most school authorities felt a fee hike was inevitable although Ameeta Wattal, principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road, said it was too early to comment. Usha Ram, principal of Laxman Public School, said: "The percentage of hike may depend upon what the government decides. But in order to retain good teachers we need to pay well." Gowri Ishwaran of Sanskriti School agreed.

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