Fee structure in private schools will be out in Jan: Tanveer Sait

Bengaluru: Minister Tanveer Sait said that the final rules for fee regulation in private schools will be published by January.

Addressing the media Sait told that the final rules were almost ready and would come into effect in the 2017-18 academic years. He said that if the schools have already collected the fees they would be scrutinized and have to refund it back if the fee collected is more than what is allowed.

The land norms for setting up schools have also been amended and the notification will be issued soon. For a school with class’s upto higher secondary, that is class I to XII, in the BBMP limits, the land required is 2,000 square metres. Outside BBMP, it is 4,000 square metres.

Earlier, only these two slabs existed. Under the new rules, to set up a school with class I to X, the requirement is 1,500 sq m in BBMP limits and 3,000 sqm elsewhere.

For a school with class I to VIII, it is 1,000 sqm in BBMP limits and 2,000 in other places. For pre-primary institutions such as kindergarten, creches and daycare centres, the norm is set at one square metre per child.