LAHORE: (Web Desk) – Punjab government has on Saturday issued a notification barring the private schools from increasing the fees this year. The notification says that the schools that have already increased the fees will have to take the decision back, reported Dunya News.
According to details, Punjab government has decided to start crackdown from Monday. The provincial government has set up 3 teams for Lahore, 2 for each of the big districts and 1 team for the smaller ones to make sure that the order is implemented.
The notification freezes the schools’ fees at the 2014-15 position and bars the private schools from increasing the fees this year. The ordinance also says that the schools that have already increased the fees will be under obligation to either return the fees to the students or adjust it in the next month’s fees. A daily fine of Rs. 10,000 to 25,000 will have to be paid in case of noncompliance and the application will be sent to the court in case of noncompliance for 30 days.
Moreover, the ordinance binds the unregistered private schools to get them registered within next 45 days otherwise the in-charge or the owner of the school will be arrested.
