Schools can’t collect readmission charge for delay in fee payment: Kerala child rights panel
The Hindu
Director of General Education, CBSE Regional Officer, ICSE Secretary directed to issue orders in this regard
No educational institution in the State can charge readmission fee from a child citing delay in fee payments, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has said. Acting on a petition filed by the father of a student in Ernakulam district, the commission recently directed the Director of General Education, CBSE Regional Officer, and the ICSE Secretary to issue orders in this regard. The petitioner had said the school where his child was studying had allowed a 30% cut in fee. However, owing to delay in remitting the third instalment of the fee, the school was insisting on paying ₹1,000 as readmission fee. Demanding such an amount at a time when classes were being held online was illegal, he had contended.More Related News