In 2019, the Delhi Government lent financial support to the government school students facing problems in paying registration fees.
The Union Government via its latest guidelines regarding school reopening in the phase 'Unlock 5' announced that states and union territories can take the decision to reopen schools from October 15 and also released the SOPs for it, which includes sanitizing classrooms and implementing staggered timetables. However, according to the data collected recently, for many students coming from economically backward families who are studying in government schools in Delhi, education may just end up being a dream which they can't fulfill. The COVID-19 outbreak followed by the nationwide lockdown imposed in order to contain the virus severely affected the earning of economically backward families.
Over 3 lakh students are currently studying in Class 10 and 12 in government schools in Delhi. As the registration fees for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams is Rs 1,800 for CBSE Class 10 and Rs 3,100 for CBSE Class 12. According to the norms, students who do not pay the fees, will not have their names registered for the coming board exams and subsequently, they will not be allowed to sit in the exams.
Comparing the situation with previous years, in 2019 these charges were borne by the Delhi Government after CBSE hiked the registration fees. Until 2018 the registration fee was Rs 375 for Class 10 and Rs 600 for Class 12 students. Unlike last year, the Delhi government showed the fund crunch and refused to pay the registration fee this time. According to Delhi Government sources, paying the registration fees of students would cost them Rs 100 crore and the government cannot bear this as it is already facing a shortfall of 91% in the revenue in comparison to last year.
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