New Delhi, April 17 -- Several parents held a protest outside the Delhi Directorate of Education office on Wednesday, demanding an immediate rollback of hiked school fees and an intervention by authorities into the matter. There have been long-standing complaints by parents and guardians against "irregular and exorbitant" fee hikes by private unaided schools in the national capital. They have also alleged coercive practices by schools, including denial of admit cards for board examinations and threats to strike off names of students over non-payment of what they describe as unauthorised fees.
Carrying placards with slogans such as "Loot machana bandh karo (stop looting)" and "schools ki manmani band karo, hamari fees kam karo (stop the cap...