India, April 8 -- The Delhi government will not allow the "commercialisation of education" or permit any "unethical" fee hikes in private schools, education minister Ashish Sood said on Monday, announcing a sweeping audit of all 1,677 private schools in the Capital.

Sood said the government would soon deploy SDM-led teams - comprising tehsildars and accounts officers - to scrutinise the finances of every private school to determine if fee hikes were justified.

To assist with oversight, the education department has launched a dedicated email address - ddeact1@gmail.com - where parents can send complaints regarding arbitrary or steep fee hikes. The email will be monitored directly by the deputy director of education, Sood said.

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