New Delhi, April 7 -- AAP Leader and LoP Atishi on Monday wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over the issue of rising school fees in private schools and urges to issue orders with immediate effect that no school collects the enhanced fee from any parent/guardian, until accounts of the schools are audited.

AAP Leader and LoP Atishi urged the government to ensure that "all accounts of schools seeking a fee hike be audited by CAG empaneled auditors in a time-bound manner. Any approval for a fee hike of even 1-2% should only be granted to schools whose legitimate expenses cannot be met without such an increase."

The Letter reads, "Education is not a commercial activity, and profiteering cannot be allowed in private schools. Over the ...