GURUGRAM: At least 26 private schools in the city haven’t disclosed their fee structure to the district education department, the deadline for which expired on December 31 last year.Department officials said “strict action” would be taken against schools found to have violated the Haryana government order. There are 5,000 private schools in the state, and 4,562 have not submitted their Form 6 , which contains details of the fee structure and other relevant information. The 26 schools of the city are among the 4,500-odd schools.Form 6 was introduced by the Haryana government in 2003. It contains details about students, strength of staff, income, expenditure, fee structure or plans to revise it and other facilities provided by the school. All private schools have to submit this form by December 31 every year. Until now, schools that did not submit the form would be issued showcause notices and several reminders by the education department. This time, however, the department plans to take “strict action”.District elementary education officer Prem Lata Yadav said, “This form needs to be filled with all relevant information about the fee structure of private schools. Till now, we haven’t received a detailed list from the school education board. The moment we do, strict action will be taken against schools that have not filed the forms.”The decision to take “strict action” against the 26 schools comes close on the heels of protests by parents against arbitrary hike in fees. There had been several protests by parents’ organisations last year over hike in fees on some pretext or the other. Parents said private schools often introduced different heads in the fee structure that were unheard of until recently.As a result, schools were asked to make their fee structure public with the Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee. If schools increase their fee beyond the prescribed limit set by the district education department, the committee can take suitable action. Ramkumar, district primary education officer, said, “If any school has not submitted the form, departmental action will be taken against them.”

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