Anantapur: Higher Education committee member vows to improve amenities in private schools

Anantapur: AP Higher Education Committee member Sambasiva Reddy reiterated that the panel would strive to improve standards and infrastructure facilities in the 1,500 private schools in the district.

For the past several years, the private educational institutions have been exploiting the students and parents in the state.

Now a committee is looking into the state of affairs. It will ensure that the students and their parents get justice and there will not be exorbitant tuition fees in private schools.

Speaking to The Hans India, Reddy said that Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, after examining the state level committee report will take a decision and act accordingly.

In the past, there were complaints from the local parents of private school students regarding poor amenities and exorbitant school fees and special fee etc. At the local level the district administration had fixed a reasonable fee structure and asked the private school managements to adhere to it until further orders. But the private school managements ignored the directions.

A report submitted to the District Collector last year indicated that private schools were collecting Rs.35,000 to 75,000 per year for standard 1 class.

A committee had been constituted in the past to verify the fee structure and initiate action on those violating the government fixed fee structure for various classes. The committee had been asked to inspect schools to verify whether or not the schools have basic amenities like labs, well ventilated class rooms and drinking water and toilets. The private schools were asked to even implement 25 reservation for the poor in all schools in the district but the same is not being implemented.