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Private schools Submit Applications to Permission for increase in fees


Karachi:A number of private schools have submitted applications at the Directorate of Private Institutions Sindh (DPIS) to seek permission for an increase in the monthly tuition fees. As many as 27 schools have been granted permission in this regard.

This was said by the director of the DPIS, Mansoob Hussain Siddiqui, while talking to The News. He said that as per rules and regulations of the DPIS, private institutions could enhance five per cent in tuition fees for an academic year. However, parents of students claim that some schools have increased the tuition fees up to 20 per cent and yet the DPIS was not taking any action against them (see box).

Siddiqui said that permission of the DPIS after visits by its inspection committees and verifications of all the necessary documents and records were required to increase the tuition fees.

The managements of private educational institutes are requested to follow some terms and conditions if they wanted to enhance the tuition fees. Any school that wanted to increase the tuition fees should also increase the salaries of its teachers accordingly, the DPIS official said. He added that such schools should also provide additional facilities to the students apart from following other conditions mentioned in the ‘Registration Certificate’. Similarly, the schools that have increased tuition fees were not allowed to enhance any other fund, he said. Moreover, the DPIS director pointed out that the order to increase the tuition fees was subject to modification and withdrawal if and when found necessary by the competent authority.

Meanwhile, Siddiqui said that permission for any increment in the fee structure should be taken before the beginning of an academic session, which generally starts from April 01 every year, he added. The director DPIS further said that students of Class-X would have to pay the fee up till March, whereas students of Class I to IX would have to pay the fee for the months of June and July. Meanwhile, if parents intend to take their children to another school they should submit applications to the concerned institution before the beginning of new academic year, he said, adding that such students would only have to pay the fees of March.

Siddiqui said that the DPIS had asked the registered schools to strictly follow the rules and regulations of the directorate.

Moreover, the management of schools are required to write the required fees on the schools’ notice boards. Besides, the schools are instructed against charging any other fees unless approved by the DIPS rules and regulations, including annual charges and recreation fee. However, the admission fee should at least be equal to three months tuition fees.

Siddiqui said that the DPIS has constituted a team to monitor the schools and give their reports about the institution. Any educational centre deviating from the rules could face suspension or cancellation of its registration. According to the Sindh Private Education Institutions (Regulation and Control) Ordinance, 2001 (Amended Act-2003 and Rule-2005), the DPIS has the authority to take strict action against schools that do not follow the directorate’s regulations, he added.The News