The Supreme Court has allowed the schools the right to offer any facility of a particular quality if they consider appropriate for the standards of education. The court was hearing a petition filed by schools concerning the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees ) Act, 2017. Interestingly, the court has stated that the government shall not question the decision of any school to provide such a facility.
In its order passed on April 25, the bench said, "It appears if the following features are incorporated when the Act is implemented for fixation of fees, it will meet the ends of justice.
The state of Gujarat shall not question the decision of any school to provide a particular facility or things in particular quality or standard which it considers appropriate for imparting education in its school." "The schools shall have a right to offer such facilities as they consider appropriate for the standards of education which they profess to meet.