Hyderabad: Schools start admissions, hikes fee by 15 per cent
![The Joint Action Committee for School Fee Regulation has asked the state government to rein in private school managements that are collecting exorbitant admission fees in the capital. (Representational Image) The Joint Action Committee for School Fee Regulation has asked the state government to rein in private school managements that are collecting exorbitant admission fees in the capital. (Representational Image)](http://dc-cdn.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/dc-Cover-mdmk6mpl3ea84k1cn6pln9rrv5-20160306032827.Medi.jpeg)
Hyderabad: Private schools in the city have kick started the admission process for the next academic year with a 15 per cent fee hike. Hridesh Gupta, one of the parents who visited various schools in the city to check the fee hike this week, said, “I visited a few schools and found that almost all schools have hiked the fee by 10 to 15 per cent for the next academic year. A few schools have also tied up with vendors for selling books, bags and uniform. Due to lack of good government schools, parents are forced to choose private schools, which are a money minting machine.”
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He added, “I have many friends who decided to have just a single child as they cannot afford the school fees.” Ashish Naredi, a member from the Hyderabad School Parents’ Association, said, “I really fail to understand what the government is doing. It will be a betrayal of the election promises if the TRS government allows schools to get away with another fee hike.”