ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday decided to merge the pending high school and apex court cases pertaining to private schools.
Moreover, the SC also ordered that notices should be issued to private schools for increasing the yearly fees.
Declaring the case maintainable, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar made eight private schools party to the case. “The schools have to defend themselves,” the top judge remarked.
The apex court will hear the clubbed cases against private schools for increasing fee on October 4.
According to the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, “All decisions pertaining to education will fall under the domain of provincial governments, which are also responsible for the curriculum and all other matters pertaining to schools.”
Earlier this month, a full bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) had declared that increasing private schools’ tuition fee more than five per cent of the last fee schedule was illegal. The court also directed the schools to either refund the excess amount or adjust it in future fees within three months.
