Follow fee structure fixed by govt: Collector to pvt schools

Anantapur: District Collector Veera Pandian has asked private school managements to stick to fees structure fixed by the state government until further orders. In a statement, he warned private school managements and corporate schools against violating the school fee norms fixed by the government .

He said that the fee structure fixed by the government should be adhered to until the government takes a decision on the problems being faced by the private school managements.

The Collector addressed an emergency meeting of the private school management representatives in the context of hundreds of complaints pouring in from parents, people's organisations and in the media on the exorbitant fees being collected by a section of the private schools. There are 1,500 private schools in the district.

An intelligence report submitted to the Collector indicated that some private schools are collecting Rs.35,000 to 75,000 per year for first Standard children. A committee would verify the fee structure and initiate action on those violating the government fixed fee structure for various classes.

The committee will also inspect schools to verify whether or not the schools have basic amenities like labs, well ventilated class rooms. drinking water and toilets.

``The district administration is targeting for achieving cent per cent literacy. The private schools should also take responsibility  for achieving the target by sending students as literacy volunteers to nearby locations,’’ he said.

The collector called upon all private schools to form parents committees. He urged private schools to continue to give free education to children of accredited journalists and to 25 per cent of students hailing from the socially and economically backward sections.