ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday directed private schools across the country to reduce their monthly fee by 20 per cent immediately.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar heard the suo motu case today regarding the fee hike by private schools.
The court ordered private schools to pay back half of the fee to parents which they charged over the summer holidays within two months.
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Moreover, the SC decided to join cases related to private schools which were pending in high courts and the apex court in September.
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On September 4, 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. Then the court directed the schools to either refund the excess amount or adjust it in future fees within three months.
