Punjab Govt. to create data bank of students studying in AustraliaJune 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Punjab government has asked parents of those studying in Australia to provide details of their children's whereabouts. The state government has directed the parents to provide details of students up to June 12 with their respective patwaries and tehsildars.
Parents sell vegetables to protest school fee hikeMay 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Distressed about the school fee hike and the government's inaction in the matter, parents in the national capital sold vegetables and polished shoes as a mark of their protest Saturday. 'What else can we do? Where do we get money for our children's school fee?' read a placard which hung around a parent's neck as he, along with scores of others who are a part of the Delhi Parents Council, took to the roads of Delhi's busy Chandni Chowk area.
Delhi court grants relief to private schools on fee hikeApril 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.
Delhi schools fee hike, an election issueApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Demanding subsidy in school fees, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest here against fee hike by private schools. A BJP delegation including senior leaders Vijay Kumar Malhotra and Vijay Goel met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Wednesday and demanded immediate roll back of the hike.
Kolkata protest against school fee hikeApril 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.
Panjab University to provide insurance cover for students, parentsApril 14th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Panjab University (PU) has decided to provide all its students insurance cover of Rs. 200,000 from the next academic session.
Parents threaten stir against hiked school feesApril 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.
Notice issued to 12 schools in Delhi for arbitrary fee hikeApril 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.
150 parents protesting school fee hike arrestedMarch 26th, 2009 KANPUR - Nearly 150 parents who took to the streets protesting fee hike in a private school here were arrested Thursday, police said. According to police, parents assembled in front of the S.D.
Parents approach Delhi High Court against school fee hikeMarch 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.
IIM-Lucknow to hike fees, up student intakeMarch 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Lucknow is all set to hike annual fees, an official said, as the business school, one of the top in the country, Tuesday awarded 230 students their diplomas in the 23rd annual convocation. 'At present, IIM-Lucknow charges Rs.500,000 for the two-year programme.
Delhi's suburban private schools drop fee hikes after protestsMarch 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.
IIM-Lucknow to hike feesMarch 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - One of the top B-schools in the country, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) Monday announced that it will soon hike the fees for its two-year postgraduate programme. 'We have our financial requirements and to justify it we hope to increase the fee,' institute director Devi Singh told reporters here.
JNU students step up protests against fee hike, power metresFebruary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Tuesday called for a strike in March against the university administration's proposed fee hike and what they alleged commercialisation of the campus. 'The protest is against the university authority's decision to install electricity metres in individual rooms, against the proposed fee hike, and problems regarding the implementation of reservation policies in admissions,' Sandeep Singh, president of JNU Students Union (JNUSU), told IANS.
Will not follow Delhi government 'dictates' on school fee hike: MCDFebruary 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.
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