Parents demand fee regulation before schools, colleges reopen

Seek govt. order on fee collection on a monthly basis

Voices for regulating school and college fee are growing louder even as the government gears up to reopen physical classes in a phased manner starting from July 1. One of the demands is that the government should direct the educational institutions to collect fee on a monthly basis as schools and colleges were demanding on term payments, which most parents can ill-afford at this time. That transportation fee, which schools and colleges insist to be paid in full otherwise should also be regulated to monthly payments, is the argument of parents. After a review on the opening of educational institutions, Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy said schools and colleges will be asked to collect only the tuition fee. But the government is unwilling to force them to follow the suggestion through an order. Officials said the government wants to ensure only 30% of the fee is collected from parents but the question remains what steps will be taken to strictly implement that.