Gujarat law to regulate the fees of private schools is welcomed

Gujarat law to regulate the fees of private schools is welcomed

On Wednesday, Gujarat High Court upheld the law enacted by the previous Assembly, which allows the government to regulate the fees of the self-financed schools. The decision came as a great relief to the school children and their parents.The Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act was introduced by the BJP government in March 2017 and was passed by the outgoing Assembly.  The Act prescribed a ceiling of Rs 15,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 27,000 per year for primary, secondary and higher secondary schools respectively. The Division Bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Vipul M Pancholi said "the rules framed under the Act were “reasonable restrictions, within the meaning of the Article 19 (6) of the Constitution”, and ruled out the schools’ contention that the law was repugnant to the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009." Schools on the other hand were given permission to the file representation to Fee Regulatory Committees (FRC) within a period of six weeks for modifications. “If such representations are filed, the competent authority (FRC) should consider such representations and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks thereafter. If the competent authority comes to the conclusion that exemption limit is required to be revised, it shall take necessary steps to issue necessary notification… and the same would be effective from the (next) academic year 2018-2019,” the court ordered.

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