School Education Department in Chattisgarh fines 3 private schools for taking capitation fee

Updated on: Saturday, October 13, 2012

  The School Education Department in Chhattisgarh has imposed a fine of Rs 76 crore on three private schools here for taking capitation fee.

Raipur District Collector Siddharth Komal Pardeshi told PTI that a fine of Rs 25 crore has been imposed on Holy Cross Pensionbada School, while fine of Rs 49.45 crore has been imposed on Krishna Public School for recovering capitation fee and other illegal fees from the students.

Similarly, Jain Public School is facing a fine of Rs 1.77 crore, Pardeshi said, adding that as per the rules fine amount can be as much as 10 times the total illegal fee taken by the school.

He said that authorities had started an inspection drive following complaints from parents.

Authorities from the schools were not available for comments.

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