Fifteen years after Delhi mandated a 25% EWS quota in private schools, basic English remains a struggle for many students and a separate-but-equal system has taken root
ThePrint explains what’s in the new fee regulation law, what is the case in the Delhi High Court, who will be part of these fee regulation committees and how they will function.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Private schools, especially those offering international curricula, charge higher fees, reveals the LocalCircles report. The burden, it adds, has been felt across cities.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
I think, parents just step back for few minutes, to weigh whether its worth spending around 60% of their monthly income, now forced to take loans, on the basic school education of their children.
It would be more wise for parents to reflect on their own achievements resulting out of their own schooling.
Compare
their expense v/s earnings ration
Their happiness v/s happiness of their children
Education v/s knowledge this is what actually needs to be understood.
Best regards
I think, parents just step back for few minutes, to weigh whether its worth spending around 60% of their monthly income, now forced to take loans, on the basic school education of their children.
It would be more wise for parents to reflect on their own achievements resulting out of their own schooling.
Compare
their expense v/s earnings ration
Their happiness v/s happiness of their children
Education v/s knowledge this is what actually needs to be understood.
Best regards