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Maharashtra is rewriting its 2011 fee-regulation law to scrap the rule that 25% of parents must band together before a complaint is heard, add area-based fee ceilings on the Gujarat model, and vet infrastructure-linked hikes through independent cost assessment. Here is what it can and cannot do for your family budget, and how to act now.
Punjab has announced a proposed law to cap annual private-school fee hikes at 5%, with penalties for violations and refunds where increases run too steep over three years. It is the latest in a wave of state fee-regulation moves. Here is what a cap like this can and cannot do for your family budget — and how to use it.
Only a fraction of Madhya Pradesh's 35,000-plus private schools have uploaded their fee structure to the state portal, months past the deadline. It is a compliance failure for school leaders and a transparency gap for parents. Here is what both sides should do about it now.
Tamil Nadu has confirmed nearly 25,000 RTE admissions for 2026-27 and told every private school in the state to submit its approved fee structure for review. For school leaders it is a compliance moment; for parents it is a rare window into fee transparency. Here is what both sides need to know.
In a ruling delivered May 25, the Delhi High Court held that private unaided schools do not need prior Directorate of Education approval to hike fees at the start of an academic session, quashing more than a hundred DoE rejection orders. With most Delhi schools already three weeks into 2026-27 billing, the next 30 days decide whether families end up overpaying. Here is the parent's working brief.
KSEAB has sent a fresh circular hiking the SSLC examination fee from Rs 676 to Rs 710 and private candidate fees from Rs 236 to Rs 248 for the 2026 cycle — a 5% uniform increase to fund logistics, printing, and computer-based assessment. With Karnataka schools reopening May 29, here is a Karnataka principal's five-item operational brief for the next two weeks.
A May 2026 LocalCircles survey of 22,443 parents found 11% report fee hikes above 80% in three years and 22% report 50-80%, with 9 in 10 saying their state has not effectively capped increases. Hyderabad just saw the latest of the year's parent protests. Here is what the numbers mean for an Indian family planning 2026-27 — and the five conversations to have with your school.
Delhi's Directorate of Education has barred private schools from forcing fee payments of more than one calendar month in a single instalment. The order is already on notice boards across the city. Here is the brief on what the circular says, what it does not change, and the four conversations to have with your school now.
Bengaluru parents are seeing 5-15% fee hikes as 2026-27 admissions open. The Karnataka School Parents Association (KASPA) is preparing a public interest litigation in the High Court demanding statutory fee regulation, modelled on Tamil Nadu's. Here is what is on the table, what the law in Karnataka actually says, and what parents and school admins should do this term.
Delhi's new fee regulation law applies from 2026-27. Every private school must form a School Level Fee Regulation Committee with five parent representatives. Fees for the next three-year block run through these committees, with appeals to a District Fee Appellate Committee. Here is what parents should track and when to act.
Tuition is the line you negotiate. Activity fees, exam fees, ID cards, lab kits, picnic charges, festival contributions — those add up to 40-60% of tuition in year one. A line-by-line audit.
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A caution deposit is interest-free money sitting with the school, sometimes for 12+ years. The rules around what comes back to you (and when) are buried in the admission letter — here is what to read.
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