Reinstate expelled students, Delhi govt. tells DPS Dwarka

DoE orders Delhi Public School, Dwarka to reinstate students after fee dispute, following high-level inspection. Compliance report due.

The Directorate of Education (DoE) on Thursday ordered Delhi Public School, Dwarka, to reinstate students whose names were struck off the rolls over non-payment of increased fees

.The directive followed a visit by a high-level DoE inspection team to the school on Tuesday, where both school authorities and aggrieved parents presented their sides. The team noted that no child should be punished for fee-related disputes

.The dispute stems from a long-standing conflict between parents and the school management over an allegedly unauthorised fee hike

.Parents said they had paid the last-approved fees, not the hiked amounts. The order also described the school’s act of sending children home without parental consent as “inappropriate”.

Based on its observations, the DoE ordered the withdrawal of student expulsion notices and the reinstatement of over 30 students

.“The head of school/manager of the school is also directed to submit the compliance report of the above-said directions within three days of the receipt of this order,” the order read.

.For months, parents have protested what they call arbitrary fee hikes. Earlier, 34 students had received e-mails informing them that their names had been struck off. When they arrived at school, they were denied entry.