The Directorate of Education (DoE) instructed Salwan Public School in Mayur Vihar to refrain from striking names and denying students entry for non-payment of “unapproved” fees. A similar instance of children being barred from attending classes at Delhi Public School, Dwarka, last year led to parents’ protests, which then prompted the Delhi government to pass the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fee) Act, 2025. ‘Outdated structure’However, school principal Richa Sharma Katyal said that parents have been depositing fees in accordance with the 2015-2016 fee structure. “It is neither feasible nor justifiable for a school to function in the academic year 2025- 26 on a fee structure applicable to 2015-16. The school cannot apply different fee standards to individual parents.