India, April 17 -- The Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) on Wednesday said it has initiated action against unaided private schools found to be illegally hiking fees, including proceedings for de-recognition and possible takeover of school managements.

The announcement came as hundreds of parents protested outside the DoE office, demanding immediate rollback of recent fee hikes.

Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood, told HT, "In the last seven days alone, the Delhi government has collected details and data from 600 schools and sent notices to 10 schools already. The collected data and audit reports will help us to compare records next year as well."

Responding to mounting complaints from parents and students, the governm...