The education is not the business to earn profit. The tuition fee shall always be affordable

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION     CIVIL APPEAL NOS.                       OF 2022 (@ Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 2969­2970 of 2021) Narayana Medical College               ...Appellant(s) Versus The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.         …Respondent(s

J U D G M E N T M.R. SHAH, J.

The education is not the business to earn profit. The tuition fee shall always be affordable. Determination   of   fee/review   of   fee   shall   be   within   the parameters   of   the   fixation   rules   and   shall   have   direct nexus on the factors mentioned in Rule 4 of the Rules, 2006,   namely,  (a)   the   location   of   the   professional institution; (b) the nature of the professional course; (c) the cost   of   available   infrastructure;   (d)   the   expenditure   on administration and maintenance; (e) a reasonable surplus required for growth and development of the professional Institution; (f) the revenue foregone on account of waiver of fee, if any, in respect of students belonging to the reserved category and other Economically Weaker Sections of the society.   All   the   aforesaid   factors   are   required   to   be considered by the AFRC while determining/reviewing the tuition   fees. 

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