Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority’s (PEIRA) notification and declared private schools fee hike legal.
As per details, Justice Aamir Farooq after hearing the case for last six months, in his short order declared fee hike of the private schools legal.
Parents reached the court after private schools increased monthly fee.
Earlier, The City School and the Beaconhouse School through their counsel Asma Jahangir and Shahid Hamid had approached the IHC challenging the federal government’s notification of September 23, 2015, directing the private educational institutions to withdraw the hike in tuition fee. The government ordered schools to either refund the amount charged from students or adjust it in the next payable fee.
In the petition of the City School, Asma Jahangir stated that the notification had prohibited the petitioner to increase fee without the permission of the authority established through PEIRA, which was illegal and arbitrary.
Both, Jahangir and Hamid, had argued that the restrictions imposed of petitioners were in violation of article 18 of the constitution.
