Parents of the children attending Grade XI and XII have something to cheer about -the higher secondary schools have been barred from increasing fees this year. The Central Fee Fixation and Monitoring Committee formed under the chairmanship of the Director General of the Department of Education on Friday formed a subcommittee to determine the fee structure for higher secondary level. CFFMC had fixed the fee structure from Grade I to Grade X earlier.

The new sub-committee under the coordination of Tek Narayan Panday, Director, DoE, has been assigned to fix the fee structure for higher secondary level. The sub-committee has also been assigned to fix the fee structure, without increasing the fees that were in force last year. Parents of the children attending Grade XI and XII have something to cheer about — the higher secondary schools have been barred from increasing fees this year.

The Central Fee Fixation and Monitoring Committee formed under the chairmanship of the Director General of the Department of Education today formed a sub-committee to determine the fee structure for higher secondary level.

CFFMC had fixed the fee structure from Grade I to Grade X earlier.
The new sub-committee under the coordination of Tek Narayan Panday, Director, DoE, has been assigned to fix the fee structure for higher secondary level.

The sub-committee has also been assigned to fix the fee structure, without increasing the fees that were in force last year.

Suprabhat Bhandari, president of Guardians Association Nepal and a member of CFFMC, said that the new committee would be fixing the fee ceiling of Grade XI and XII soon.

“The CFFMC has directed the new sub-committee to determine the fee ceiling ensuring that it would not be increased from the last year's fee structure, which means Plus Two colleges will not be allowed to increase the fee structure this year too,“ he said. “Other members of the committee would be determined by the coordinator later. Likewise, the committee has also directed the schools and Plus Two colleges not to increase the fees in accordance with the increment in salary of government employees and government schools.“

Currently, some schools and Plus Two colleges have been charging exorbitant fees for issuing character certificates against the Institutional School Standard and Operation Directives-2069. The CFFMC also today drew the attention of the concerned sector to the directives. According to the directives, schools and Plus Two colleges should not charge more than the fee fixed for the original certificate of SLC for character certificates and migration certificates.

The Office of Controller of Examination charges Rs 200 for original certificate but some schools and Plus Two colleges have been found to be charging more than Rs 1,000 for issuing character certificates and migration certificates.

source: the himalayan times,5 July 2013