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Union HRD minister Smriti Irani attended the foundation stone laying ceremony of IIM-Amritsar's own campus. While she addressed, she assured parents that private schools will not be allowed to hike fees in the middle of a session and any increase at the start of the academic year would also need to be consulted with parent-teacher associations.

She said that they have proposed to states that if private schools want to hike fees in the beginning of a session, it has to be done in consultations with parent-teacher associations, but they will not allow mid-session fee hike. There has been a growing resentment among parents about inordinately high private school fees and HRD ministry has received several complaints regarding the issue.

The Centre has proposed this to states and the Punjab government will soon take a decision on this matter. Irani assured full support to the Punjab government in its plans to consolidate schools lacking proper amenities. The Government of India has asked the state if they want to consolidate the schools where the schools lack proper infrastructure and if they want to tie up with bigger schools, then the Centre will fully support the state so that from class 1-12 can study under one roof with full amenities.