Overview

• The Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025 was tabled on August 4 in the Delhi Assembly’s Monsoon session, with debates continuing into August 5.
• It mandates school-level, district-level and state-level committees to review proposed fees for all private unaided recognized schools, including minority-run institutions and those on non-government land.
• Schools must submit proposed fee structures by July 31 each year, and approved rates remain fixed for three academic years unless a timely appeal alters them.
• Parent bodies and education advocates argue that requiring at least 15% of parents to form an ‘Aggrieved Parents Group’ to challenge fees is unworkable and decry the absence of mandatory financial audits.
• AAP legislators walked out of proceedings, demanding a referral to a select committee and a freeze on fee hikes at 2024–25 levels before voting on amendments.