Panel fixes fee structure for school, Intermediate students in A.P.

It notified three different categories of fee structure for students from nursery to 10th Standard and Intermediate enrolled in private unaided institutions in gram panchayats, municipalities, and municipal corporations.

The Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission has notified three different categories of fee structure for students from nursery to 10th Standard and Intermediate enrolled in private unaided institutions in gram panchayats, municipalities, and municipal corporations for the academic years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Corporate/unaided tutorial colleges, which impart additional coaching for entrance examinations and collect even up to ₹5 lakh per annum, have been disallowed from collecting this kind of additional fees irrespective of their location of operation — city, town or panchayat. Through the Government Orders MS No.53 and No. 54, the Commission has specified that the fees included tuition fees, prospectus and registration fees, admission fees, examination fees, laboratory fees, sports fees, computer laboratory fees, library fees, extracurricular activities fees, student welfare fund, student health care scheme, study tour, alumni and any other similar fees related to academics. In addition to the above academic fees, a student will be required to pay transportation charges, hostel charges (boarding and lodging charges) if he/she opts for those services.