Overview

• The Delhi Assembly approved the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, after a four-hour debate, rejecting all eight amendments moved by the AAP.
• The legislation brings all private unaided schools under a three-tier regulatory framework, replacing the previous land-clause-only oversight.
• It sets penalties from ₹50,000 per student up to ₹10 lakh for violations, bans coercive fee collection, and empowers the Director of Education to suspend recognition or take over non-compliant schools.
• School-level committees with parent and teacher representation will assess fee proposals, but critics say the five-parent lottery system and a retroactive clause weaken accountability.
• With the bill forwarded to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, its enactment hinges on his assent before the new fee regime takes effect.