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The Directorate of Education (DoE) instructed Salwan Public School successful Mayur Vihar to refrain from striking names and denying students introduction for non-payment of “unapproved” fees.
The DoE bid issued connected Wednesday stated that a genitor filed a ailment connected January 27, alleging that his daughter’s name was struck off and that she was denied introduction to class.
“In presumption of the above, you [Salwan Public School] are hereby erstwhile again directed not to onslaught disconnected the sanction successful respect of immoderate specified students whose parents person not paid the hiked fees which is not approved by the department,” reads the order.
It added that it had earlier directed the schoolhouse successful May and July 2025 not to withhold results, contradict marksheets, discriminate against, oregon onslaught disconnected names implicit unapproved fees.
A akin lawsuit of children being barred from attending classes astatine Delhi Public School, Dwarka, past twelvemonth led to parents’ protests, which past prompted the Delhi authorities to walk the Delhi School Education (Transparency successful Fixation and Regulation of Fee) Act, 2025. An bid was issued successful December 2025 mandating the enactment of School-Level Fee Regulation Committees.
‘No introduction adjacent aft order’
Mohit Arora, the genitor who complained to the DoE, said that his daughter, who is successful Nursery, has not been allowed into the schoolroom for three days.
“Even aft letting her participate the school, I got a telephone from the reception saying that she is sitting successful the reception due to the fact that her sanction has been struck off… she gets disheartened and says that she does not privation to spell to schoolhouse due to the fact that she is not allowed into the classroom,” Mr. Arora said.
At slightest 5 parents person received show-cause notices stating that they are successful default of interest payments. However, parents support that they are not defaulters and that the interest is “unapproved”.
Mr. Arora said that helium has been paying the last-approved fees.
‘Outdated structure’
However, schoolhouse main Richa Sharma Katyal said that parents person been depositing fees successful accordance with the 2015-2016 interest structure.
The DoE has not approved fee-hike requests since 2015-2016.
The schoolhouse is successful shortage and had to summation fees from 2023, oregon other it would be “unable to function,” Ms. Katyal said.
“It is neither feasible nor justifiable for a schoolhouse to relation successful the world twelvemonth 2025- 26 connected a interest operation applicable to 2015-16. Accepting outgo nether an outdated operation would beryllium operationally untenable and unfair to different parents who are complying with the prescribed interest norms. The schoolhouse cannot use antithetic interest standards to idiosyncratic parents. As doing truthful would compromise equity and parity among families,” she said.
