A recent order by the Bombay High Court on the issue barred parents from approaching the District Fee Regulation Committee (DFRC), allowing only schools to do soOn the topic of parents having a say in the issue of school fee hikes, Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Thursday said that the government is working on norms that will allow parents to have a say. A recent order by the Bombay High Court on the issue barred parents from approaching the District Fee Regulation Committee (DFRC), allowing only schools to do so. Tawde stated that the government will introduce some norms that allow groups of parents to approach the DFRC. He said, "If the court has ordered that parents cannot individually approach DFRC then the government will see if we can come out with some norms wherein groups of parents can approach DFRC for fee hike complaint." Anubha Sahai, India Wide Parents Association, said, "If the parents cannot approach individually then the state government should intervene in this matter and resolve the fee hike issue to help parents."

Source: dna November 24, 2017 01:18 UTC