Education Minister of UT Ashish Sood said Wednesday that Delhi Government will bring an ordinance to implement the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Bill, 2025, to control arbitrary fee hikes by private schools. The announcement was made as the government completed 100 days under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
Previously, the Bill was scheduled to be tabled in the Delhi Assembly during a session on May 14-15. “We will introduce the Delhi School Education Transparency Bill, which could not be tabled in the last Assembly session… we are bringing an ordinance to turn it into law to end the exploitation by schools.This has greatly upset those who have supported the school mafia for the past 27 years.”
Sood siad that school fees went up every year in the past. But in our 100 days, not a single school increased its fees.” The minister also played video reports by various news outlets showing parents protesting against fee hikes at Delhi Public School (DPS), Dwarka. “The issue of fee hikes is not new. These protests have been happening since 2021, even earlier — and yet the previous AAP government did nothing,” Sood said.
Taking a dig at AAP government, he said people want to know why they did not take any measure to stop this. "We are the ones who sent the DM committee to schools. It is because of our report that the high court issued stringent orders,” he added.
Along with this, Sood also listed several education-related steps taken by the government in the last 100 days. He said the government is focusing on improving both school and higher education, especially for students from poor economic backgrounds.
“For EWS (Economically Weaker Section) admissions, I say with full confidence that this year, not a single complaint has emerged from Delhi. Last year, the Opposition had handed out EWS admissions…in households, without transparency. This year, with the push of a button, 28,000 children received EWS admission letters. Soon, 38,000 children will get final admissions,” said Sood.
He further said the government is investing in students from every background as a matter of policy-" from digital libraries to AI-enabled smart classrooms, we are ensuring no child is left behind,” he said.One of the major moves has been the release of Rs 274.34 crore as grant-in-aid to 12 Delhi University colleges and all state universities, according to the minister who added that this helped clear pending salaries and ended the uncertainty faced by teachers and staff.
In technical education, Rs. 19 crore was given in scholarships to over 1,300 students from low-income families (earning less than Rs 3 lakh per year). These scholarships had been on hold since 2022.The government has also partnered with Physics Wallah and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide free online coaching for NEET and CUET-UG. So far, over 23,000 students from Delhi government schools have joined these classes — including 3,458 for NEET and 19,756 for CUET, the minister said.
Sood said the Cabinet has approved the setting up of 75 new ‘CM Shri Schools’ at a budget of Rs 100 crore. These schools will have smart classrooms, AR/VR labs, AI-based learning, and courses in Data Science and Robotics. He said the government is also planning to set up digital libraries in Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Schools of Excellence. Around 250 school libraries are being digitised, and 100 AI-enabled language labs will be created to help students learn English, French, German, and Spanish, he said.
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