{"id":170,"date":"2011-12-11T18:36:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T18:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:56:00","slug":"highlighted-article-international-schools-in-mumbai-are-effected-by-new-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/highlighted-article-international-schools-in-mumbai-are-effected-by-new-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighted article: International schools in Mumbai are effected by new regulation."},"content":{"rendered":"

Are the costs of sending your children to an international school too much for families in the middle class?\u00a0 Are their too high in general for everyone?\u00a0 A new regulation in Mumbai is effecting international schools there as it has been applied to all schools in the area: to limit schools in how much they can hike up their schools fees.\u00a0 Currently there are 8 international schools listed in Mumbai on International School Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Act, 2011, looming on the horizon of international schools has left managements in a tizzy.<\/p>\n

International schools in Mumbai complain that its implementation will pose a challenge to maintenance of state-of-the-art infrastructure and high standards of education, if they are allowed only a 15% hike in fee \u2014 as has been laid down by the Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe regulation should consider all perspectives like the huge gap between international schools and other schools due to the quality of education and teacher training, affiliation fees and salaries. So, it is not fair to keep the same bar for both,\u201d argued V Balasubramanium, director, NES International School, Mulund.<\/p>\n

Parents, though, are grinning from ear to ear, as the middle-class will now have easy access to affordable, good quality education.<\/p>\n

Schools are mulling over ways to cut corners to skim through the problem. Kalpana Patel, principal of the Savitridevi Hariram Agarwal International School, Kandivli, elaborated, \u201cThe new regulation will put more pressure on schools. We will have to cut and squeeze our expenses for activities like sports day and annual day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest task, after the Act is enforced, will be convincing parents to loosen their purse strings. Vandana Lulla, director-principal of the Podar International School, said, \u201cIf the parents-teachers association grants permission, schools can hike fees. Schools should be transparent in giving reasons for such a hike. Schools need to work out a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manjusha Nabar, whose son studies at the Gundecha Academy, Kandivli, says the regulation will stop schools from charging exorbitant fees, allowing parents from middle income group to also dream big for their children.<\/p>\n

Raju Tirmallee, another parent from Dombivli, said several parents have had to take a loan to pay for school fees. \u201cThe regulation should bring capitation fees under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taken from the Daily News & Analysis<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are the costs of sending your children to an international school too much for families in the middle class?\u00a0 Are their too high in general for everyone?\u00a0 A new regulation in Mumbai is effecting international schools there as it has been applied to all schools in the area: to limit schools in how much they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[29,32,448,449,450,451],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlighted-articles","tag-international-school","tag-international-schools","tag-international-schools-in-india","tag-mumbai","tag-teaching-in-india","tag-teaching-in-mumbai"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-2K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/highlighted-article-mumbais-new-genre-international-schools\/","url_meta":{"origin":170,"position":0},"title":"Highlighted article: Mumbai\u2019s new genre international schools","author":"ISCommunity","date":"January 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We found an interesting article around the international school community in the city of Mumbai.\u00a0 It discusses the business side of the international school, the big business sometimes international schools can be to a community.\u00a0 We have read before that the future of international schools are ones that are actually\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Highlighted Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Highlighted Articles","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/highlighted-articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-30-at-5-47-30-pm.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/highlighted-article-indias-most-admired-international-schools\/","url_meta":{"origin":170,"position":1},"title":"Highlighted article: India\u2019s most admired international schools","author":"ISCommunity","date":"December 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Within the hearts and minds of the uninformed, there is considerable prejudice against India\u2019s small but growing number of new genre international schools. 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