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School Fees cannot be based on a rampant profit-making business model. Schools must be sensitive to the current situation of ongoing Pandemic - Adv. Satya Muley.

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As per the Constitution of India, the Private schools have certain autonomy in their administration including fixing and charging of fees. However, since recent years the school fees have skyrocketed due to certain degree of commercialization of education. School education has become awfully expensive.

Due to the ongoing Pandemic, education delivery is happening online. But the schools are still charging for subjects such as library, computer lab, Chemistry lab, field visits and similar other onsite facilities, which is unjustifiable and is beyond the understanding of Parents of school going children. The demand for reduction in school fees is thus natural. On the other side the argument of School management is that the facilities and their entire staff need to be taken care of even during the Pandemic. The Parents are demanding transparency as they are suspecting that the schools are unduly profiteering from the current Pandemic situation.

School Fees cannot be based on a rampant profit-making business model. The Constitution of India also provides for basic education to be accessible for all children, and Schools which are charging exorbitantly high fees are contributing towards widening the gap between have' and 'have nots' by promoting a luxury based exclusionary school model. The authorities must quickly work towards implementing fee regulatory framework which among other aspects shall also require the schools to publish their income-expenditure statement every year, regulate the fees and link it to quality of education and facilities on offering. Some cap on profit-based models must also be put in to ensure quality education is accessible to all. Afterall Education is a public function even if the school is private one. When the parents get such transparency, they can then make informed choice about which school their kids should go to.

The schools should be made to submit a report of student's removal with reasons to the authorities monthly. This will put a curb on arbitrary behaviour of some schools. Monthly/quarterly payment of fees should be allowed, and this should be made a matter of choice for the Parents. Charging of annual fees in one or two instalments should be done away with across all schools. Finally, charging exorbitantly high fees during Pandemic is making situation worse for the middle-class parents.

Click here here to read the views published @ The Hindustan Times on 20/06/2021.


Satya Muley
Satya is a leading Civil & Criminal Law lawyer from Western India.
He practices at Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court and Courts in Pune/Maharashtra & New Delhi.
For any queries or support in legal matters you can reach him at or at Contact Us
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School Fees cannot be based on a rampant profit-making business model. Schools must be sensitive to the current situation of ongoing Pandemic - Adv. Satya Muley..


As per the Constitution of India, the Private schools have certain autonomy in their administration including fixing and charging of fees. However, since recent years the school fees have skyrocketed due to certain degree of commercialization of education. School education has become awfully expensive.

Due to the ongoing Pandemic, education delivery is happening online. But the schools are still charging for subjects such as library, computer lab, Chemistry lab, field visits and similar other onsite facilities, which is unjustifiable and is beyond the understanding of Parents of school going children. The demand for reduction in school fees is thus natural. On the other side the argument of School management is that the facilities and their entire staff need to be taken care of even during the Pandemic. The Parents are demanding transparency as they are suspecting that the schools are unduly profiteering from the current Pandemic situation.

School Fees cannot be based on a rampant profit-making business model. The Constitution of India also provides for basic education to be accessible for all children, and Schools which are charging exorbitantly high fees are contributing towards widening the gap between have' and 'have nots' by promoting a luxury based exclusionary school model. The authorities must quickly work towards implementing fee regulatory framework which among other aspects shall also require the schools to publish their income-expenditure statement every year, regulate the fees and link it to quality of education and facilities on offering. Some cap on profit-based models must also be put in to ensure quality education is accessible to all. Afterall Education is a public function even if the school is private one. When the parents get such transparency, they can then make informed choice about which school their kids should go to.

The schools should be made to submit a report of student's removal with reasons to the authorities monthly. This will put a curb on arbitrary behaviour of some schools. Monthly/quarterly payment of fees should be allowed, and this should be made a matter of choice for the Parents. Charging of annual fees in one or two instalments should be done away with across all schools. Finally, charging exorbitantly high fees during Pandemic is making situation worse for the middle-class parents.

Click here here to read the views published @ The Hindustan Times on 20/06/2021.



Satya Muley
Satya is a leading Civil & Criminal Law lawyer from Western India.
He practices at Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court and Courts in Pune/Maharashtra & New Delhi.
For any queries or support in legal matters you can reach him at or at Contact Us
Click here to read more about us.

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