Delhi schools fee hike, an election issue

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO here Thursday asked the Education Department of the Delhi government to direct the schools to declare an early summer break as the mercury level in the national capital has crossed over 43 degrees Celsius. The government and government-aided schools start their summer vacation Friday while most of the private schools in Delhi will begin their vacation only by May 15.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Private schools in the capital Thursday got relief from the Delhi High Court as it stayed a Delhi government move to impose conditions on fee hike. A division bench of Justice A.K.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and demanded relief for parents from the recent hike in school fees. The delegation led by senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra explained the issue to Dikshit.

April 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Students of various private schools and their guardians protested against an unprecedented fee hike in Kolkata. The protesters were out on the streets to block traffic in the city and demonstrate against the 50 to 80 per cent hike in tuition fee.

April 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Parents and students of state-run as well as private schools Sunday evening protested outside the official residence of Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna the poor quality education of state-run schools and arbitrary fee hike by private schools. A gathering of nearly 800 people started their protest outside Khanna's house around 5 p.m.

April 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Parents across Uttar Pradesh will launch an agitation against private schools if they do not roll back their fee hikes within seven days, it was announced here Saturdday. 'We are all set to launch a campaign all over the state against the management of private schools on the fee hike issue,' UP Parents' Welfare Association (UPPWA) president P.K.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hike in school fees and then in development and activities fee in many Delhi schools has become a major cause of concern to many parents. Tired of the financial and mental stress this has put on them, the Delhi Parents Council has now threatened to make it an election issue if the government does not take up the matter immediately.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government Wednesday issued show cause notices to 12 unaided public schools for taking arbitrary decisions on the issue of fee hike, a statement issued by the state government said. 'Keeping in view reported instances of arbitrary decisions by certain schools, the Directorate of Education today (Wednesday) issued show cause notices to 12 such schools,' said an official statement here.

March 30th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand's finance department has stayed the decision by the governor's advisory committee to hike the dearness allowance (DA) of government employees after the Election Commission raised objections to the move announced after model code of conduct came into operation. The governor's advisory committee had hiked the DA of state government employees by six percent after President Pratibha Patil issued the notification of the first phase of election.

March 28th, 2009 RANCHI - The Election Commission (EC) Saturday said it would look into the Jharkhand governor's decision to hike government employees' dearness allowance (DA) after the model code of conduct came into operation. 'The Election Commission's permission should have been taken by the government before taking such a decision.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday said the fee hike by private unaided schools in the capital was 'highly objectionable', and sought a response from the city government on the issue. A division bench headed Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked the government to file its reply by April 29.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of parents Friday approached the Delhi High Court against the official notification on school fee hikes, recommended by the S.C. Bansal Committee which the Delhi government set up last year.

March 18th, 2009 NOIDA/GHAZIABAD - Private schools in the National Capital Region (NCR)- Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad - have withdrawn proposed fee hikes following protests by parents of the students. Schools, including Delhi Public School (DPS) Noida, Kothari International School, Marigold Public School and Rockwood International School, have decided not to hike fees to pay arrears to the teachers, Anup Khanna, the president of Gautam Buddh Nagar Guardians Association, told IANS.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defying the Congress-led Delhi state government's move to allow a Rs.500 hike in school fees, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday said it is not bound to follow the 'dictates' of the city government in such matters. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led civic body also issued a warning to over 700 primary schools under its ambit that any hike in fees to equal the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations would be unacceptable and the schools would face de-recognition.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Get ready to dole out more for the education of your children in the capital's schools, as the Delhi cabinet has given its nod to a fee hike for recognised un-aided private schools. The Delhi government had constituted a committee headed by S.L.