The Delhi government on Tuesday said that The Queen Mary’s School, Northend, Model Town III, has rolled back its fee hike after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal intervened having received complaints of arbitrary fee hike by the school during his Janta Samvad.
“Parents complained to the Chief Minister against Queen Mary’s Public School, Model Town III, that they have arbitrarily hiked the school fee. The government took a strong note of the complaints of arbitrary fee hike in violation of the judgement of the Supreme Court, High Court and the directions of the Education Department,” said a statement from the government.
The Education Department had directed the school to immediately roll back the fee hike and refund the increased fee to the parents or guardians of the students with immediate effect.
It had also warned the school that the government would take action against it if directions were not followed.
In response to the government notice, the school said that it had rolled back the proposed provisional fee hike for the session 2018-19 and that the excess amount, if any, would be refunded or adjusted to the fee accounts of the respective students
