NEW DELHI, May 04: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that Capitation fee being charged by the educational institutes is illegal.Taking note of hard reality of very high capitation fee taken by various colleges for admission, the apex court said that educational institutions should not just focus on making profits, but run on 'no-profit-no-loss' basis.
A five-judge Constitution bench said that commercialization of education sector is not permissible and put the onus on the Government to curb malpractices.The bench observed that the admission process should only be based on merits.
The Apex court said the Government should ensure that educational institutions were not indulging in commercialization.J&K Government should take the note of it to save poor in the state .
Editor in Chief of Cross Town News forwaded his demand to Education Minister , Naeem Aktar and urge Eductaion Minister to act tough against such institutions across Jammu & kashmir , which are many in numbers.
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