3 schools flout norms, hike fees beyond 8%

Chandigarh | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

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The other two have hiked fees in pre-nursery and kindergarten classes.Sarojini Masih, principal, Chandigarh Baptist School, said, “The school had not hiked fees beyond 4-5% in last two years. Chandigarh Baptist School has hiked fees between 10.77% and 13.09% starting from pre-nursery to Class XII. As per CBSE guidelines, the schools may increase fee in certain domains, which is why the fee hike seems higher this year.”K Kumar, director, playway school, said, “The intention was not to hike fees beyond 8%. In September 2018, the UT education department had formed a regulatory committee under the Act to check hike in fees . However, schools will have hike the fee some time to meet their expenses..