Taking a strong note of non-cooperation by 97 private, unaided recognised schools, the AAP Government has directed to keep their records and books of account ready for inspection by a team of chartered accountants from empaneled firms of the Education department in the national Capital.

The Government has decided to examine all records of those schools who had reportedly not furnished all requisite documents to the Education department. The schools have been told that they should not charge proposed increase in fee till the same is cleared by the Education department.

In a recent order, Deputy Education Officer VK Gaur said the inspection of proposals and books of record of the schools would be carried out under Section 24 of the Delhi School Act, 1973 by the team of empaneled chartered accountants. It said every record and books of accounts shall be kept open by the manager or head of the school for scrutiny in accordance with sub-rule (3) of rule 180 of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973.

The order said, “The Manager/HoS of these schools are further directed to rectify the deficiencies pointed out by this directorate in the documents uploaded by the school and provide updated documents in legible and specified format to the chartered  accountants on the first day of inspection, failing which, the proposal is liable to be rejected.”

It said, “The Manager/ HoS shall make necessary arrangements for space and infrastructure for smooth conduct of the inspection…Any non-cooperation with the inspection team shall be viewed seriously by the directorate.”

Among the ones whose records would be inspected are Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Cambridge Foundation in Rajouri Garden, Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Vasant Vihar, Delhi Public School in Vasant Kunj, St. Rosier Public School in Shalimar Bagh, Guru Teg Bahadur Public School in Model Town, Fr Agnel School Gautam Nagar, laxman Public School in Hauz Khas, Mothers International School at Sri Aurobindo Marg, Pinnacle School in Panchsheel Enclave, Delhi Public School in Rohini, Mothers Mary’s School in Mayur Vihar, New Oxford School in Vivek Vihar, Alchon Intern-ational School in Mayur Vihar, New Oxford Public School in Vivek Vihar, Baptist Convent School at IP Extension, Doon Public School in Paschim Vihar, Rising Star Academy in Pitam Pura, Modern Convent School in Dwarka, Tagore Public School in Naraina Vihar, Cambridge School in Sriniwaspuri, Queen’s Valley Public School in Dwarka, New Greenfield in Alaknanda and Masonic Public School in Vasant Kunj.

The Education department had sought online proposals related to fee hike from those unaided private recognised   schools who had been allotted land by the administration. The unaided schools had been allotted land on cheaper rates on the condition that they would hike fee only after taking prior permission from the department.

The Education department is going to carry inspection of those schools whose documents and proposals were either found incomplete or illegible. The inspection will also be carried out in schools who had not submitted documents in the format specified by the department.