The Punjab Education Department has released a revised list of fees being collected by government schools. The amendments will be implemented from the coming session i.e. 2010-11.

On the issue of requirement of the schools and students the government has made cuts in few funds and has also revised the rates of others.  While releasing the new list, secretary of the Punjab Education Department GS Grewal said this formula had been formed in order to manage the resources in a better way and ensure that no additional fund is charged from students.
The practical fees for Classes XI and XII will be charged monthly as Rs 5 for Geography, Rs 4 for Fine Arts, Rs 5 for Chemistry and Rs 3.5 for Physics and Biology. The admission fee for Class VI to X will be Rs 3, and for Class XI and XII it will be Rs 10. The re-admission fee will be Re 1 for Class VI to XII.

Earlier, on annual basis, schools used to collect different funds like admission fees, Red Cross fund, building fund, identity card, internal examination fund, student welfare fund etc. Others like amalgamated fund, sports fund, health fund, audio-visual fund, small saving fund, cycle fund, tuition fees for girls and practical fees etc, were collected on monthly basis.

The school authorities were used to feel difficulty while managing such large number of funds, as it was very time consuming. As per information, many funds had already been discontinued. Therefore the department released this new list to make the entire process systematic and easy .