Inter students decry high fees for poor standard of education
2 years, 7 months ago

Inter students decry high fees for poor standard of education

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Students from both government and private junior colleges, which collect Rs one lakh fees annually, are unhappy with the quality of education that is offered by their respective institutions. A student who paid Rs 35,000 said that it has been over a month and two teachers have not even come to the college. Another student who paid Rs 1.5 lakh annual fee for class 12 said that the teachers hardly pay attention to additional subjects and do not teach anything in detail. “My daughter’s college is charging more than Rs one lakh rupees and she always complains that the teachers are asking the students to study on their own.

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Parents urge Telangana govt. to bring in school and junior college fees regulation Act
5 days, 16 hours ago

Parents urge Telangana govt. to bring in school and junior college fees regulation Act

The Hindu  

As another academic year is set to begin, parents who are already repaying loans along with interest taken to pay school and junior college fees, are preparing to mop up money again. We also had to pay ₹5,000 more for books, uniform and other expenses,” says Muzzamil Khan from Hyderabad who spent nearly ₹1.5 lakh per annum on school fees …

Colleges Ordered Not to Withhold Certificates: Seethakka
1 week, 2 days ago

Colleges Ordered Not to Withhold Certificates: Seethakka

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The government has instructed managements of all private colleges to not hold back certificates of students finishing their studies this academic year on the pretext of fee reimbursement dues, minister Danasari ‘Seethakka’ Anasuya informed the Assembly on Saturday. Replying on behalf of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to CPI MLA Kunamaneni Sambasiva Rao during Question Hour, Seethakka said Deputy …

‘Quality education not possible in Telangana with RTF dues to institutions’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘Quality education not possible in Telangana with RTF dues to institutions’

The Hindu  

Teachers of private colleges and their management officials turned up in large numbers at Dharna Chowk in Indira Park on Saturday to demand release of dues to colleges. Although multiple requests were submitted, there have been promises but no action, said Telangana Private Degree & PG College Management Association. The government must take immediate measures to release all dues pending …

Telangana HC Directs Intermediate Education Board To Accept Exam Fees Of Students From Unrecognized Colleges Without Imposing Late Fee
2 months ago

Telangana HC Directs Intermediate Education Board To Accept Exam Fees Of Students From Unrecognized Colleges Without Imposing Late Fee

Live Law  

While hearing an association's plea against imposition of "exorbitant penalties" on its colleges operating in mixed occupancy buildings for academic year 2024-2025, the Telangana High Court directed the State Intermediate Education Board to accept the examination fee of students without insisting on payment of late fee Rs. Justice T. Vinod Kumar was hearing a writ petition by the petitioner–Telangana Private …

Parents Struggle as Government Fails to Control School Fees
3 months, 1 week ago

Parents Struggle as Government Fails to Control School Fees

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Parents in Hyderabad are feeling the pinch as nursery admissions for the next academic year get underway. “If this is how much we’re paying now, what’s next?” In May 2024, erstwhile principal secretary of the education department Burra Venkatesham announced plans to regulate school fees following mounting complaints from parents. The government also hinted at introducing a special law …

Students’ Union Calls for Probe into Telangana Education Bodies
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Students’ Union Calls for Probe into Telangana Education Bodies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Raising concerns over alleged irregularities in fees and functioning within higher education institutions, the Progressive Democratic Students’ Union has called for a comprehensive inquiry into the role of educational commissions, notably the Telangana State Council of Higher Education. PDSU leaders claimed that despite the mandate of these bodies to regulate and ensure accessible education for all, they had failed …

In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹436 cr for fees of poor kids in private schools
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹436 cr for fees of poor kids in private schools

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Enrolment under the free education scheme in UP saw a significant jump from 71,214 students in 2022-23 to 1,14,196 in the current academic session. Moreover, over 5 lakh children across the state are currently getting education under RTE in private schools, a government spokesperson said. In last 2 years,UP govt released ₹ 436 cr for fees of poor kids …

R. Krishnaiah demands immediate release of student fee reimbursement
6 months ago

R. Krishnaiah demands immediate release of student fee reimbursement

The Hindu  

Former Rajya Sabha member and president of National Backward Classes Welfare Association R. Krishnaiah, strengthened by thousands of students in a protest demonstration at Dharna Chowk on Monday, demanded the government for immediate payment of fee reimbursement and scholarship dues. “Fee reimbursement dues to Inter and Degree students have been pending for three years now. At the Maha Dharna, Mr. …

Karnataka government to reimburse all fees charged by private colleges for professional courses for SC students
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka government to reimburse all fees charged by private colleges for professional courses for SC students

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government has decided to bear fees charged under various heads by private colleges for professional courses, such as Engineering and Medicine, to students of the Scheduled Castes communities eligible for the post matric scholarship programme. To rectify this situation, we have now decided to reimburse all fees charged by private colleges to ensure these qualified SC students study …

Telangana High Court To Examine Authority Of Osmania University's VC To Reduce Fees Of Affiliated Colleges
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court To Examine Authority Of Osmania University's VC To Reduce Fees Of Affiliated Colleges

Live Law  

A recent petition filed in the Telangana High Court has questioned the authority of Osmania University's Vice Chancellor to reduce fees for affiliated colleges. The case, brought forward by Koradala Naresh representing the Telangana Private Degree College Management Association, challenges the University's decision to lower the "Other Fee" from Rs. Justice T. Vinod Kumar issued notices to the respondents in …

Special law needed to regulate education fee in State: Teachers’ MLC
10 months ago

Special law needed to regulate education fee in State: Teachers’ MLC

The Hindu  

Voicing concerns about steep rise in fees across private schools and colleges in the State, MLC Alugubelli Narsi Reddy said the government must take up the issue and frame a legislation soon in the next Assembly session. Speaking at a round table meeting to discuss fee regulation in educational institutions here on Friday, he wondered why fee regulation in private …

OU students seek timely scholarships
1 year, 7 months ago

OU students seek timely scholarships

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Postgraduate and PhD students at Osmania University are getting frustrated with the shortage of scholarships and slow processing of reimbursements. A nearly fourfold increase in fees compared to the previous academic year has increased their financial burden and they are demanding swift processing of scholarships. While PG fees increased significantly in the previous academic year, this year saw an …

Parents cry foul over fee hike in Hyderabad schools
1 year, 8 months ago

Parents cry foul over fee hike in Hyderabad schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A hike in the fee across several schools in the city has infuriated parents who demanded that the government must intervene and ensure they don't have to face trouble over payments every year. "Not only do schools hike fees, they find different ways to empty our pockets, one of them being changing the school uniform so we'll be forced …

Engineering aspirants rue fee hike
2 years, 5 months ago

Engineering aspirants rue fee hike

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Students and parents of lower and middle-class families expressed unhappiness over the Telangana government approving a significant fee hike for 159 engineering colleges, with many saying that the hike has put colleges offlimits for them. Asif Sohail, the president of the Telangana Parents’ Association, said that following the fee hike, he has been flooded with calls from concerned parents …

Engineering aspirants in Telangana rue hike in fees
2 years, 5 months ago

Engineering aspirants in Telangana rue hike in fees

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Students and parents of lower and middle-class families expressed unhappiness over the Telangana government approving a significant fee hike for 159 engineering colleges, with many saying that the hike has put colleges off-limits for them. Asif Sohail, the president of the Telangana Parents’ Association, said that following the fee hike, he has been flooded with calls from concerned parents …

Several top schools in Hyderabad hike fees by 30 per cent
3 years, 1 month ago

Several top schools in Hyderabad hike fees by 30 per cent

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Several prominent private schools in the city have hiked tuition fees by 30 per cent, adding to the woes of parents. But a few prominent schools have collected 100 per cent of the fee but showed the board that only 40% of the fees was collected as tuition fee," said Sujata Borde, president of Indian Parents Association. "Over 1,500 …

TAFRC fixes admission fee for 209 B.Ed colleges in Telangana
4 years, 6 months ago

TAFRC fixes admission fee for 209 B.Ed colleges in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

The Telangana State Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee on Tuesday, fixed the admission fee for Bachelor of Education courses in Telangana for the block period 2019-20 to 2021-22 courses. The order said that the institutions shall not charge any capitation fee or any amount unauthorized or illegally under any other head or guise, either directly or indirectly, other than the …

Another blow to Telangana docs: Fees for PG medical doubled at the last minute
4 years, 10 months ago

Another blow to Telangana docs: Fees for PG medical doubled at the last minute

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Postgraduate doctors were worried on the first day of counselling as most of them would find it difficult to raise the enhanced fee of Rs 21 lakh for the courses. The government at the last minute doubled the fees to Rs 7 lakh per year, catching the doctors off-guard. Vishnu, president of the Telangana Junior Doctors Association, said, “The …

Telangana allows 5 yr fee for 4.5 yr MBBS
5 years, 2 months ago

Telangana allows 5 yr fee for 4.5 yr MBBS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court found fault with the state government for permitting private medical colleges to collect tuition fee from students against five years, though the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 puts the period of study at four-and-a-half years. Ramachandra Rao and Justice K. Lakshman observed that the action of the government in accepting …

CBSE school charge about Rs 3,000 as exam fee
5 years, 7 months ago

CBSE school charge about Rs 3,000 as exam fee

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Parents are being charged `2,500 to `3,000 per child as exam fees in CBSE schools, after the fee hike was announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education last week. Later when a few parents circulated the exact amount on social media, I realised that we had paid more.” Many parents are discussing the exam fee on social media …

Hyderabad: Adjust excess engineering fee, demand parents
5 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Adjust excess engineering fee, demand parents

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Excess money paid by parents for the engineering batch of 2016-19 must be adjusted by engineering colleges in line with the Supreme Court order, the Engineering College Parents Association demanded. Mr C. Srinadh, chairman of the Parents Joint Action Committee, explained, “The batch of 2016-18 will complete their term and the new revised fee for the block period of …

Parents want accounts of engg colleges checked
5 years, 8 months ago

Parents want accounts of engg colleges checked

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Parents and students have complained that private engineering colleges had increased the fee by 30 per cent, and demanded that the government conduct an audit. On Friday, the government had set the hike at 20 per cent for colleges charging less than Rs 50,000 and 15 per cent for those with fee above Rs 50,000. The Telangana Parents Association …

Hyderabad: 67 colleges may stop getting aid
5 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: 67 colleges may stop getting aid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the state government deciding to withdraw aid given to private colleges, the fate of 67 colleges in Telangana state hangs in the balance. For this reason, these colleges have been identified as not providing enough for the students yet taking benefits from the government.” Commissioner of technical education, Navin Mittal, says the government provided aid for only one …

Hyderabad: Software glitch halts Inter fee
6 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Software glitch halts Inter fee

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite several complaints, Intermediate students are still facing problems with the examination fee payment software. “The transaction of Rs 27,120 has not been received by the Intermediate Board though I paid it on October 23 and received a debit statement of the transaction.” Mr K. Krishna Kumar, general secretary, Government Junior College Principals Association, said that previously the details …

Present complaint over fees if any, Mahatma Gandhi University to students
6 years, 9 months ago

Present complaint over fees if any, Mahatma Gandhi University to students

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTTAYAM: The Mahatma Gandhi University has asked the students' union leaders to present their objections on the increased fees structure implemented recently. The university had imposed additional charges for services like revaluation of examination sheets, improvement of examinations, attendance shortage and getting transcript certificate. The decision was to bring the fees structure at par with that of Kerala and Calicut …

Unmanageable crisis hits Telangana MBA students
8 years, 8 months ago

Unmanageable crisis hits Telangana MBA students

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Management colleges in Telangana — half of which are located in and around Hyderabad — are watering down their Masters in Business Administration course. While the list of colleges granted affiliation by universities for conducting MBA course is yet to be out this year, there were 123 MBA colleges in Hyderabad and its suburbs last year affiliated to Osmania …

Fee reimbursement: AP ready to bear burden for 58 pc students
10 years, 8 months ago

Fee reimbursement: AP ready to bear burden for 58 pc students

India TV News  

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced last evening that his government was ready to reimburse tuition fees for 58 per cent of the students of professional courses, particularly engineering, and Telangana government should pay for the remaining 42 per cent. “Both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana should together bear the burden of students' fees. All are our children. …

`Fee reimbursement scheme a big scam’
10 years, 8 months ago

`Fee reimbursement scheme a big scam’

The Hindu  

The falling standards of professional education, especially in private engineering colleges, in Telangana, is a cause of concern for the new State as lakhs of engineering graduates passing out of these institutions lack basic employable skills. “Many of these colleges are run only for the fee reimbursement schemes and not for providing quality education. If this is the quality, what …

No aid for A.P. students: KCR
10 years, 8 months ago

No aid for A.P. students: KCR

The Hindu  

The Telangana government is fully committed to implementing the 10-year common admission rule for higher education institutions, but will not reimburse the fees of students who are not from Telangana, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao reiterated here. “The Telangana government will pay for its students under the new FAST scheme and let the Andhra Pradesh government reimburse the fees to …

80 colleges in Telangana, five in A.P. contemplating closure
10 years, 8 months ago

80 colleges in Telangana, five in A.P. contemplating closure

The Hindu  

Fee reimbursement to engineering colleges and other professional courses have been pending since June 2013, and this has put many of the colleges in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as well, on the dock. According to Gadde Rajaling, senior member of Federation of Engineering Colleges in AP, the government owes about Rs. But the Telangana government’s decision to annul the …

Only Telangana students to get fee reimbursement
10 years, 9 months ago

Only Telangana students to get fee reimbursement

The Hindu  

In a big relief to students of Telangana ahead of commencement of new academic year, its government has unanimously decided to bear the fee reimbursement in professional colleges and meet their scholarships in the new State alone while leaving out those of Andhra Pradesh and other States from the purview. It effectively meant that students belonging to Telangana, irrespective of …

New States may have to crack fee reimbursement riddle
10 years, 11 months ago

New States may have to crack fee reimbursement riddle

The Hindu  

State bifurcation is likely to cast its shadow on the fee reimbursement scheme with no party giving clarity on the popular scheme that benefited more than 27 lakh students in the undivided State. With Telangana’s focus on power generation, it may not be keen to allot sufficient funds for fee reimbursement, they observe while pointing out that the scheme is …

Top Hyderabad schools look the other way
12 years, 1 month ago

Top Hyderabad schools look the other way

The Hindu  

Notorious for violating admissions norms, the sought-after schools in Hyderabad appear not to care much for the Right to Education Act as they have ‘completed’ admissions much before they ought to have started the process officially. “There is no sign of the Act anywhere in any school, and the managements are refusing to divulge details,” says Mahender, a private employee, …

The great seat chase
12 years, 1 month ago

The great seat chase

The Hindu  

Bilingual circulars, outdoor picnics and special classes for the economically weaker section students — these are the steps taken by several schools in New Delhi in keeping with the spirit of the Right to Education Act, which came into force on April 1, 2010, to address the issues of dropouts, out-of-school children, educational quality and teacher training. “We go the …

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