Chapter III FIXATION OF FEES OF SCHOOLS

Fixation of fees in Non-Government Schools.

1. (1) Management of all Non-Government Schools which are running before the commencement of this Act shall, within 1 month of commencement of this Act and management of all Non-Government Schools which are opened after the commencement of this Act shall, within 3 months of opening of such Non-Government Schools, submit a proposal for approval of fees charged by the Non-Government School to the School Fees Committee constituted under Section 3 and the Committee shall take a decision on the proposal within 1 month.
2. (2) If the management of the Non-Government School wishes to increase the fees after approval of the fees by the Competent Committee, it will have to submit a proposal for increasing the fees at least 6 months before the beginning of the academic session along with relevant accounts to the School Fees Committee constituted under Section 3 and the Committee, will give its decision on the proposal to increase the fees, as far as may be within 3 months.
3. (3) Guardian Union may submit representation regarding fees fixation to the School Fees Committee constituted under Section 3 and the committee shall consider such representations at the time of taking a decision on fees fixation and the information about the fees fixed by the Committee shall be affixed on the notice board.
4. (4) The committees constituted under this Act, may call for the accounts and other records from schools for the purpose of fees fixation.
5. (5) The committees constituted under this Act may also hold hearings of school management and guardian for the purpose of fixation of fees.
6. (6) The committees constituted under this Act shall have the powers of civil courts to ensure for calling account and records or for summoning persons for hearing.
7. (7) The school fees committee constituted under Section 3 shall fix the fees of the school after considering the proposal of the Non-Government School management, representations submitted by guardian union and accounts and records of the school and shall keep in mind the facilities provided by the management of the Non-Government School to students during fixed the fees.
8. (8) The school fees committee constituted under Section 3 may approve an increase of fees to a maximum of 8 percent of existing fees of the school: Provided it in the opinion of the committee it is necessary to increase the fees more than 8 percent of the existing fees, it shall forward the proposal along with its recommendation to the District Fees Committee constituted under Section 4 and on receiving such a proposal from the School Fees Committee constituted under Section 3 the District Fees Committee shall take a decision on it and fix the fees as far as may be within 3 months.
9. (9) Management of Non-Government Schools shall not charge fee in excess of the fees fixed by the competent committee.