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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Topic: Private schools

What’s in Delhi govt’s new private school fee regulation bill & why are parents concerned

On Monday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Education Minister Ashish Sood introduced the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025.

Two realities of NEP: Sensory classrooms & hi-tech labs, to kids sitting on floor & no teachers

To understand how National Education Policy is being implemented across different settings, ThePrint visited a model private school in Delhi and 2 govt schools in neighbouring Haryana.

India-US trade deal and the Trump suspense & investigating Delhi’s yearly bout of pollution

Global media also reports on the Air India crash probe, backlash over mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s remarks on PM Modi & astronomical private school fees.

Centre’s report lays bare poor digital infra in schools, highlights stark urban-rural divide in states

PGI-D report evaluates 788 districts based on six parameters. States, UTs were categorized into different performance grades, ranging from Level 1 (Utkarsh) to Level 10 (Akanshi-3).

How Delhi’s new draft bill seeks to regulate private school fees & why schools are apprehensive

Amid protests by parents over alleged arbitrary fee hikes by private schools, Delhi govt has cleared a draft bill aimed at raising accountability. ThePrint explains how it plans to do so.

Harvard may lose ability to enrol foreign students, says Trump administration

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote to the university, demanding records of 'illegal and violent activities' of Harvard’s foreign student visa holders by 30 April.

Furious parents are rallying outside Delhi schools over ‘arbitrary fee hikes, segregation over AC charges’

Protests are ongoing outside several private schools while BJP-led govt in Delhi and previous AAP administration play blame game, leaving parents and students in limbo.

44% Indian parents say their kids’ schools have hiked fees by 50-80% in 3 yrs—LocalCircles survey

Private schools, especially those offering international curricula, charge higher fees, reveals the LocalCircles report. The burden, it adds, has been felt across cities.

Ruling party MLAs drive private school boom—but not quality

Ruling party MLAs drive private school growth in India, but quality remains unchanged. Does political influence shape education more than policy?

Govt schools in rural India outperform private in bouncing back from COVID-19 learning loss

The 2024 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) showed that reading & arithmetic levels for Class 3 students in govt schools in rural India have improved over pre-pandemic levels.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?