Govt not serious in regulating exorbitant fee collected by private institutions: Shabbir Ali

Hyderabad: Former leader of Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir has alleged that the TRS government was not serious in regulating exorbitant fees being collected by private educational institutions in the State.

"The decision taken by the Telangana Cabinet to constitute a Cabinet Sub-Committee and then draft a new law to regulate fees in private educational institutions is proof that it has failed to prevent 'looting' by private schools and colleges in the last seven years".

"It also means that the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee constituted by the State government was a farce and it could not stop extortion of huge amounts by private schools and colleges," Shabbir alleged in a statement on Tuesday.

He said it would take at least six-eight months for the Cabinet Sub-Committee to submit its report and passing of law in the State Legislature. Somehow, the CM would ensure that the fee regulation gets delayed to the next academic year by giving one more year to private institutions to extort money from poor parents.

"The TRS came to power in 2014 on the promise of giving KG to PG free education. But it did nothing to fulfil the promise. The number of residential schools, originally started during the Congress regime, were increased and hype was created as if all students are studying in them. While in reality, only 10.9 per cent students are studying in those schools which do not have proper infrastructure and facilities. The Congress leader demanded the government must prove its honesty by implementing the proposed law from the coming academic year.