With HRD Minister Kapil Sibal suggesting that fees or teachers’ salaries in private schools cannot be regulated by government, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said she will meet him to discuss the issue and arrive at clear-cut guidelines.
“I have sought an appointment with him (Sibal). Let us see what guidelines are going to come,” she told reporters on the sidelines of a function here when asked about the Delhi government’s view on the matter.
Mr. Sibal had reportedly said that the fees of private schools cannot be regulated and that each school had the right to fix the salaries of its teachers.
Asked whether her government agrees with the comments, Ms. Dikshit said, “No, no we will discuss the issue. I have only read about it in a newspaper report. We will talk it out and see what comes out of it.”
Mr. Sibal’s reported suggestion stands against provisions in the Delhi School Education Act, 1973, which says that salaries of teachers in private schools cannot be less than that of those in government schools. Delhi also witnessed strong protests over private school fee hike last year.
