Hyderabad: The Telangana State government has announced the formation of a school fee regulatory committee to introduce a systematic approach to regulating school fees, ensuring that quality education remains accessible to all.
This initiative aims to ease the financial burden on parents who face rising education costs in private schools, where fees have been increasing by 10% to 30% each academic year.
Modeled after the Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC) for professional courses, the new committee will oversee and regulate fees in private schools.
Legislation is being developed to support this initiative, but it will not take effect until the next academic year. Admissions for the current year have concluded, and Telangana schools are set to begin their new session on June 12.
“We will introduce an Act to regulate fees in private schools. Although the new regulations will not be implemented this year, they will be enforced from the 2025-26 academic session,” said Burra Venkatesham, Principal Secretary to the Government (Education Department).
Previously, schools determined their fee structures through a governing body that included the school president, principal, a representative of the teaching staff, the president of the parents-teachers association, and a mother nominated by the District Education Officer (DEO).
This body considered various expenditures, such as staff salaries, building rent and maintenance, classroom needs, and contributions towards educational CESS, to determine the annual fee.
The establishment of a school fee regulatory committee is expected to provide much-needed relief to parents and ensure a more transparent and equitable fee structure in private schools across Telangana.
