Parents demand Odisha govt to form fee regulatory committee for private schools

Bhubaneswar | Saturday | 17th February, 2018

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"In the last few days, parents of several schools have lodged complaints of exorbitant fee hike by schools. BHUBANESWAR: With parents of different private schools in the city coming out to streets opposing the exorbitant hike of fees, All Odisha Parents' Association on Saturday demanded the state government to form a regulatory board to monitor the private schools. Parents alleged that due to lack of any monitoring and control private schools have been increasing fees arbitrarily and also not maintaining quality. "Interesting the schools' authorities have been encouraging parallel parents' associations to apply the divide and rule policy. "No decision on fee hike can be taken without the consent of parents' association..