Section 2(o) in M.P. Niji Vidyalaya (Fees Tatha Sambandhit Vishayon Ka Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 2017
(o)"private school" means any private pre-primary, primary, middle, high school or higher secondary school including private minority school, whether or not receiving any financial assistance from the Central Government or State Government or local authority or public sector undertakings or semi-Government organizations, but does not include a school imparting only religious education, a fully residential school and a school run by the State Government or any local authority;
