KARACHI: The registration of private schools will be cancelled if they increase the tuition fees by more than 5pc and do not return the extra-charge amount that has been taken from parents or guardians of students, said Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah, Geo News reported.
The minister said they have the authority to take action against private schools if they do not abide by orders from the Sindh High Court, which barred increase of fees by more than 5pc in a recent order. A three-judge larger bench of the SHC comprising Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Ashraf Jehan had announced the verdict in an earlier reserved judgment on pleas filed by parents regarding the increase in school fee. As the hearing went under way, the lawyer of the parents said the salaries paid to teachers did not even make up 50pc of the school expenditure. School earnings should be considered along with their expenditure, he added. Later, the education department issued a statement, according to which private schools that had increased the tuition fees by more than 5pcwere asked to return the extra-charged amount. In March, the SHC also declared illegal a hike in private school fees.
The SHC during a hearing on a petition against a government notification on a hike in private school fees in the province rendered the notification void. The court also barred private schools in the province from charging late fee surcharges and additional fees along with existing school fees.
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