Govt restrains pvt schools from charging annual fee for Nov-March period

Srinagar, Nov 2: Following the change of academic calendar by the government, the Committee for Fixation and Regulation of Fee of Private Schools (FFRC) Wednesday directed all private schools of Jammu and Kashmir not to charge annual fees for the period from November 2022 to March 2023.
Chairperson of the committee, Justice (Retd) Muzaffar Hussain Attar said, “All the school managements of private schools are restrained from charging and collecting annual fee for the period November 2022 to March 2023.”
The chairperson warned of strict actions for breaching the orders. “Any breach of this order will result in initiating action according to law.”
Attar said this while listening to the case of one of the private schools of Srinagar that had asked its students to pay the annual fee of the aforementioned period too.
He further said, “It was made clear to the authorities of this school management that academic session cannot be stretched beyond the 12 months period, which now starts from April 1 and ends on March 31 of the calendar year.”
“The period of five months commencing from November-2022 to March-2023 being not part of the academic session, the students cannot be asked to pay annual fee for the period,” Attar added.
He said after having interaction with the school management authorities it was made clear to the school authorities that new admissions will commence form the month of March of the calendar year and the annual examinations shall be conducted in March-April session in all the government and government recognized private schools.