new delhi no private school will be allowed to increase fees during the coronavirus lockdown and only the tuition fee can be charged till the time schools reopen delhi deputy chief minister manish sisodia announced on fridaywe have got several complaints about schools hiking fees and also levying charges like transport fee which is not even being utilised during the lockdown no private school will be allowed to hike fees without seeking permission from the government schools also cannot charge beyond the tuition fee sisodia said at a press conferencesisodia who is also the education minister of delhi clarified that charges such as transport fee annual fee or any other miscellaneous head cannot be levied during the lockdown which will continue till may 3no school can charge three months tuition fee at a time the fee has to be collected monthly schools are mandated to pay salaries to their staff including the contractual ones if they are short of funds they can reach out to their parent organisation for fundsno students access to online classes should be restricted irrespective of fee payment sisodia said