Delhi Assembly passes School Fee Regulation Bill 2025; rejects AAP amendments; enforces strict guidelines, penalties for arbitrary hikes

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Assembly on Friday handed the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, marking the BJP-led Delhi authorities’s first laws to manage charge hikes by recognised non-public unaided colleges.The invoice was handed after a four-hour debate throughout the Monsoon session of the Delhi Assembly.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) proposed eight amendments to the invoice, however all have been rejected throughout voting.Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta confirmed that the invoice will now be despatched to Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena for approval.During the division of votes, 41 ruling BJP MLAs and 17 AAP legislators have been current.Tabled by training minister Ashish Sood on Monday, the invoice goals to manage charge will increase by non-public unaided colleges within the nationwide capital, offering higher oversight and defending mother and father from arbitrary hikes.Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, talking within the Assembly, stated the invoice will be sure that colleges are seen as “temples of education and not commercial establishments,” and supply justice to oldsters.“This bill will provide relief to households from the worries of school fees,” she stated, including that, “After 52 years, the ‘vanvas’ of parents in Delhi has ended.” In her deal with, Gupta additionally criticised the earlier AAP authorities’s training insurance policies, alleging that it destroyed mother and father’ hopes of personal education and uncared for authorities colleges, citing that solely 241 of 795 college buildings have been everlasting buildings.She additionally stated that the AAP authorities constructed solely 20 new colleges throughout its tenure.Further, Gupta referenced the political turmoil throughout AAP’s tenure, mentioning former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s jail time period and associated controversies.In the 2025–26 educational 12 months, many non-public colleges in Delhi raised their charges considerably, by 30–45% in some circumstances. Protest adopted. On July 20, 2025, mother and father gathered at Jantar Mantar, demanding transparency in charge buildings and rapid authorities intervention.The invoice makes it necessary for colleges to acquire prior approval for any charge hikes from a government-appointed regulatory physique. It additional asks for clear disclosure of all fees and elements within the charge construction. It additionally contains penalties for violations, together with financial fines and de-recognition of non-compliant establishments. A proper grievance redressal system for mother and father to problem arbitrary hikes or mistreatment has additionally been arrange.