Amaravati:- With a plan to give relief to individuals that were hit financially by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Andhra Pradesh government has declared a 30 per cent decrease in fee charged in private unaided schools and intermediate colleges.
The government clarified that the current arrangement was required and being executed considering the COVID-19 pandemic and must not be interpreted as an affirmation of the fee structure being gathered by the respective organizations.
The Andhra Pradesh Schools Education Regulatory Monitoring Commission (APSERMC) had before proposed to audit and decide the fee structure for private unaided schools and junior colleges for 2020-21 and gave a notification on May 26 this year, guiding the schools and colleges to submit relevant information.
Principal Secretary B Rajsekhar stated, “After a thorough examination of the matter and on Andhra Pradesh Schools Education Regulatory Monitoring Commission (APSERMC) recommendations the state has decided to make 30 per cent reduction in tuition fee for the academic year 2020-21,”
He included, “Considering the plight of parents who have been economically incapacitated, the commission in the exercise of powers under Section 9 of Act 21 of 2019 has recommended a decrease of 30 per cent in tuition fees for 2020-21 session.”
Every private unaided school and intermediate colleges can gather just 70% of the fees charged in 2019-20 academic year.
The state government likewise took the idea of Director, School Education (DSE) and Commissioner, Intermediate Education (CIE), who said that the proposed decrease was required and it may not influence managements largely as total operational and maintenance costs have certainly diminished to because of numerous reasons.
The official stated: “Educational institutions in the state were closed with effect from March 22 and have not reopened till now in 2020-21 academic year… daily operational and maintenance costs for schools too have substantially reduced.”
Rajsekhar said: “All academic and extracurricular activities in schools have not been conducted all these months and maintenance and operational costs of school buses too must be bare minimum during all these months.”
The state is planning to reopen schools from November 2 while following all the COVID-19 norms that are must for all schools