new delhi students of delhi government and aided schools will not have to pay any fees for class 10 and 12 cbse examinations and the cost will be born by the city dispensation deputy chief minister manish sisodia announced on tuesdaythe decision was taken by the delhi government following an announcement of a fee hike by the central board of secondary educationsisodia also said the government is in discussion with cbse to roll back the fee hikeon monday the board announced that the burden of the fee hike will not be passed on to scst students in city government and aided schools as delhi government will pay the boardstudents in delhi government schools and aided schools will not have to pay any fees for cbse class 10 12 exams delhi government will bear entire cost for all categories of students modalities being worked out sisodia told pti on the sidelines of an eventdelhi government is in process of discussing with cbse to roll back the fee hike irrespective of what happens no child will have to bear the burden of registration fees as the government will bear that he addedthe cbse last week notified an increase in the examination fees for classes 10 and 12 registration fees for classes 9 and 11 and migration feesthe fees for general category students for classes 10 and 12 were doubled from rs 750 to rs 1500 for five subjectsthe scheduled caste sc and scheduled tribe st students who were paying rs 375 earlier will now pay rs 1200 for five subjects under a special arrangement in the national capital these students were only paying rs 50 while the delhi government was paying the rest of the amount as subsidyaccording to the revised norms the scst students were required to pay the entire amount to the cbsehowever on monday the board had restored the facility of scst students paying rs 50 after the city government agreed to pay the remaining amountthe cbse had justified the fee hike citing rs 200crore deficit in conducting class 10 and 12 board examinationsearly board results measures to make examination leak proof and errorfree evaluation have imposed a financial burden on the cbse and passing on the responsibility of conducting competitive examinations like the jee and the neet to the newly formed national testing agency has also left it in a fund crunch the board officials had said