Srinagar: The State government has nominated Farooq Ahmad Peer, Director Academics, J&K Board of School Education, as member of a panel on the fixation of fee structure of private school institution in the state.
The order by secretary school education follows extension in the term of School Fee Fixation Committee (SFFC) for one year by the government earlier this month.
The two-year term of committee headed by Justice (Retd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain expired on July 28 this year and his term was extended following directions by the high court.
In 2015, the government appointed Hussain as chairman of the fee-fixing panel for schools with a view to regulate the fee structure of private educational institutions in the state.
“It is well settled now, as has been laid down by the Supreme Court of India in a catena of authorities that commercialisation and exploitation is not permissible in the Education Sector,” Justice (retd) Hussain has said in his message soon after assuming the charge.
“Education is treated as a noble occupation on no profit-no-loss basis. Thus, those who establish and are managing the Educational Institutions are not expected to indulge in undue profiteering or commercialise this noble activity,” he said.
The fee panel was actually formed in 2013 after the government appointed retired Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, Justice Bilal Nazki, as its chairman. Nazki resigned later.
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