At least 10 private schools in Hyderabad have been found charging exorbitant fees under several categories against the government’s directive. These school managements were found violating Government Order (GO) 46, which was issued earlier on April 7.  As per the orders, the schools were allowed to collect only tuition fees for the academic year 2020-21, in view of the COVID-19 lockdown. 

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The order says, “Keeping in view the hardship caused by lockdown due to COVID-19, the Telangana State Cabinet passed Resolution that schools shall not increase any kind of fees during the academic year 2020-21 and shall charge only tuition fee on monthly basis till further orders.” However, violating the order, several schools have been found to include other expenses into the tuition fee category, thereby exploiting the parents.  

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On Friday, St Andrews School in Bowenpally was found guilty of collecting huge amounts of fees, by cheating the parents. Earlier in July, a series of protests were organized against the school management accusing them of charging exorbitant fees. The parents gathered outside the school, violating the lockdown norms to register their protest. 

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Subsequently, they filed a complaint with the authorities concerned, following which an inquiry was initiated. In the inquiry conducted by the Deputy Inspector R Suman, it was established that the school was collecting additional fees like annual fee, term fee, late fee, computer fee, teacher recruitment benefits, miscellaneous fee, etc-- and including them in the ‘tuition fee.’

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