MP: Private schools to pay back illegally collected tuition fees worth Rs 31 crores
Press Trust of India | November 21, 2024 | 07:58 AM IST | 1 min read
The district committee has fined each of the five schools Rs 2 lakh and directed them to pay the penalty within 30 days, an official note stated.
JABALPUR: The district committee on school tuition fees has instructed five schools in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur to refund illegally hiked fees of Rs 31.51 crore collected from parents of 52,480 students, officials said. These fees were collected in academic sessions from 2017-18 to 2024-25.
The district committee also fined each of the five schools Rs 2 lakh and directed them to pay the penalty within 30 days under the Madhya Pradesh Private Schools (Regulation of Fees and Related Matters) Act, an official release stated.
The district committee has examined the financial documents of the five schools and found that they illegally hiked the tuition fees and collected the same from students.
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