Parents to not pay school fee in Punjab without 20 percent discount

Parents are not required to pay school fee in Punjab if they have not received 20 percent discount as ordered by the government according to the School Education Minister Murad Raas since a new notification has been issued stating that a new ordinance section has been inserted in the Punjab Private Educational Institutions Ordinance, 1984.

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NOTIFICATION of 20% Discount in School Fees. This settles it. Do not pay the fee if you do not have a Revised Fee Bill. Pay the fee right away if you have the Revised Fee Bill. #StayHomeSavesLives pic.twitter.com/en0zPxhLqv
— Murad Raas (@MuradRaasMR) April 22, 2020

A notification titled “Implementation of Fee Mechanism by the Private Schools During COVID-19 Amendent in the Punjab Private Educational Insitution (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance 1984.” has been issued regarding the matter of school fees.

The notification reads “I am directed to refer to the subject noted above and to state that the Governor of the Pubjab is please to promulgate an Ordinance pertaining to 20% concession in fee by inserting Section 12(D) after 12(C) in the Punjab Private Educational Instituion (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984.”