Amaravati: Making education should not be a business and the Education Monitoring Commission and School Monitoring Andhra Pradesh (Aptsermc) will take action against institutions that extort excessive costs without basic facilities, an official said on Thursday.
“Education should not be a business and a commission will take action on private educational institutions which extort excessive costs without basic facilities,” said Chairman of Apsermc R Rao.
On Thursday, Rao along with other commission members, discussed the media after the new cost structure was closed fixed for private schools and junior colleges without personal assistance for the first time in the history of the country.
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The Commission limits school fees between Rs 10,000 to RS 18,000 per year from nurseries to tenth standards in three categories depending on the type of location.
Similarly, he limits the cost of intermediate courses between Rs 12,000 to RS 20,000 per year for various courses, including hostel costs and training for junior schools and colleges.
The hostel fee has closed between Rs 18,000 to RS 24,000 per year, while it is a hat RS 20,000 uniform per year at coaching competitive examinations for students in medium courses.
Rao said the structure of this cost will apply for three years and arrive in accordance with the direction of the state government.
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Primary Secretary B.
Rajsekhar recently noted that several Corporate Middle Universities extorted more than RS 5 Lakh for two-year medium courses, Clubbing Coaching Examination Coaching and other small facilities.
The Chairperson of Apsermc highlights that there is a big difference in terms of school and the cost structure of junior college between Andhra and other countries.
“Without telling costs, private educational institutions collect excessive costs of students.
Other countries tell the costs of private institutions but no one cares to do it in Andhra for the past 20 years,” said Rao.
In this situation, the Commission takes the steps needed to regulate costs at this educational institution, he said.
The Chairperson said the Commission ordered a reduction of 30 percent of tuition fees in the middle of a pandemic in 2020.
He stressed that in terms of private educational institutions, hiking costs indiscriminately, the Commission will regulate them and recommend further actions to the state government.
He noted that parents have the right to know about cost problems and invite them to submit complaints with the Commission if the cost rules are violated by demanding more costs than the specified cost structure.
He shared a toll-free number 9150381111 to file their complaints.
“With this new government announcing a cost structure, 80 percent of private education institutions will not face any hiccups.
Last year, the Commission examined 360 schools and found that they collected excessive costs without basic facilities,” observed.
The action recommended by the supervisory body against 120 universities because they did not follow the government’s rules.
Rao said this private institution was needed to share details such as the cost structure, the availability of playground, monthly salary paid to the teacher and others.
All junior high schools and colleges are also required to show the cost structure determined by the commission prominently through their bulletin boards.