BANGALORE:  Top notch private school in Delhi may now be bombarded with a line of interrogations by the government. These schools will now face difficulty in making fees increments, asking for donations or dismissing students considering their academic performances as Union HRD Minister SmritiIraniis set to interrogate them on their fees structure, qualifications of the faculty, assets and procedure of admission, reports ET.

The ministry of human resource development presently led by SmritiIrani are about to announce their ‘Student friendly measures’ in both private and government schools, disclosed the ministry spokesperson.

The Bill would consist of the following proposals:

(a) asking the institutions to display fees structure on their school websites,

(b) clear notification regarding admission well before

(c) unveiltheir assets,

(d) provide information on teachers' academic qualifications, and

(e) Restricting the schools from charging the students the full fees in case of admissions before the end of session.

The officials clarified that this introduction of this law will not interfere in the fees structure or admission of the institutions. However, this law will bring in transparency in the educational business run by schools.

"We are working on a legislation to check malpractices across schools. The idea is to check unduly inflated fees...we do not intend to regulate fees, but push for greater transparency through full disclosure of fees, teachers' qualifications, assets and activities. We will take into account the views of all stakeholders and private schools and will soon start discussions," said an official.

The new law further focuses on preventing schools from terminating students or dismissing admission in regards to academic performance. The Bill looks forward to make billing system mandatory for every payment made to these institutions by the parents or guardians thereby eliminating the donation system. Unveiling the qualifications of the teachers will lead to retraining of many for proper education. The law will also introduce standard qualifications for hiring teachers.

A Proposal related to same issues was proposed by the UPA government in the year 2011. Considering that the education is a state subject, SmritiIrani would require a nod from the respective states for the bill. However, the bill should also not interfere in the business of the schools in the name of providing more transparency.

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