UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — HC defers Delhi govt.’s order to private schools to form fee regulation panels

Q1. With reference to the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025, consider the following bodies: 1. School-Level Fee Regulation Committee 2. District Fee Appellate Committee 3. Revision Committee 4. Delhi State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Which of the above are correctly identified as part of the three-tier fee regulation architecture established under the Act?

  1. School-Level Fee Regulation Committee
  2. District Fee Appellate Committee
  3. Revision Committee
  4. Delhi State Commission for Protection of Child Rights
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q2. With reference to the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025, as compared to the earlier Delhi School Education Act, 1973, consider the following statements: 1. The 2025 Act replaces the fee regulation framework that operated under the 1973 Act. 2. Unlike the 1973 Act, the 2025 Act creates a three-tier committee structure for fixation and appellate review of fees. 3. Like the 1973 Act, the 2025 Act applies only to government-aided schools and expressly excludes private unaided and minority educational institutions. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The 2025 Act replaces the fee regulation framework that operated under the 1973 Act.
  2. Unlike the 1973 Act, the 2025 Act creates a three-tier committee structure for fixation and appellate review of fees.
  3. Like the 1973 Act, the 2025 Act applies only to government-aided schools and expressly excludes private unaided and minority educational institutions.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. With reference to recent developments, the 'School-Level Fee Regulation Committee (SLFRC)' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A school-level body chaired by a representative of the school management with the principal as Member Secretary, mandated to examine proposed fee structures with parent and teacher representatives.
  • B. A district-level appellate forum chaired by the Deputy Director of Education that hears appeals against fee fixation orders of individual schools.
  • C. A state-level revision body chaired by an eminent educationist whose orders on fee fixation are binding for three academic years.
  • D. A statutory tribunal under the Directorate of Education that adjudicates disputes between parents and minority educational institutions exclusively.

Q4. The 'School-Level Fee Regulation Committee' (SLFRC), whose constitution was recently deferred by the Delhi High Court, derives its statutory mandate from which one of the following enactments?

  • A. Delhi School Education Act, 1973
  • B. Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
  • C. Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025
  • D. Delhi Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011

Q5. Which one of the following is the nodal authority responsible for operationalising the fee regulation framework for private schools in the National Capital Territory of Delhi under the 2025 Act?

  • A. Directorate of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi
  • B. Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • C. Central Board of Secondary Education
  • D. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights