The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed city's private schools, who had got government land at a subsidised price on they condition they give free education to poor students, to implement 15 per cent freeship from the next academic session on a trial basis.
"One would forget the failure of the past and we would be happy if institutions honestly offer 10 percent for poor children and 5 per cent less for the wards of the teaching and non-teaching staff free education in the schools," a Division Bench of Justice T S Thakur and Justice S N Aggarwal said in an interim order.
It was alleged in a PIL that for the last 40 years schools have been violating the terms in their lease by not providing free education to the poor students.
The Court asked 250 schools, who are members of the Action Committee, to strictly comply with the Court order failing which they would be de-recognised and de-affiliated besides cancelling their lease.
"Schools, who fail to comply with the directions issued by the court, we direct the Director of Education, NCT to initiate actions to de-recognise, de-affiliate apart from initiating contempt proceedings against them," the Bench observed.
Earlier, the Bench asked the schools to ensure 15 per cent free education to the poor students.Labels: financial aid, free education, scholarship, student loans |
