Zoom News : Dec 06, 2022, 05:23 PM
DPS School Recognition cancelled: The Delhi government has taken major action against DPS Rohini, a well-known school in the capital. The school has to bear the brunt of the continuous arbitrary fee hike. The Delhi Government's Directorate of Education (DOE) has suspended the recognition of DPS Rohini on charges of fee hike. It is important to know here that the suspension of recognition will not affect the students in the current (2022-23) session. But the school has been asked not to admit any student in the academic session 2023-24.Delhi Government's Directorate of Education (DOE) has suspended the recognition of DPS Rohini for increasing fees during the 2021-22 academic session in violation of rules. In an order issued on Tuesday, the DoE said that the school authorities were not following the directions issued by the department as well as the High Court by charging increased fees during 2021-22. Along with this, they were violating various court orders regarding the increased fees for the session 2020-21.Explain that the school is located on the land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). As per the land allotment norms, schools are required to take prior approval from the Director (Education) before any fee hike. The suspension of recognition will not affect the students in the current (2022-23) session, but the school has been asked not to admit any student in the 2023-24 academic session.No response has been revealed from the school's side on the whole matter so far. The Directorate's order said that there were complaints against the school for depositing increased fees and not deducting 15% on the annual school fees. The order also mentioned that the DoE has directed the school not to increase any fee for the academic session 2018-19 and 2019-20 and withdraw the increased fee and refund the amount charged over and above the fee structure deposited or Ordered to adjust. The response of the school on this was not satisfactory.