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Parents of students astatine Hyderabad Public School (HPS) connected Tuesday met Minister for IT and Industries and Chairman of Fee Regulation Committee Duddilla Sridhar Babu seeking involution implicit what they termed an ‘arbitrary and unjustified’ interest hike.
The parents informed that the schoolhouse fees person accrued by 141% implicit the past 4 years, rising from ₹83,630 successful the 2021–22 world twelvemonth to ₹2,01,628 for 2025–26. They alleged that the hikes were implemented without transparency, claiming the schoolhouse failed to supply audited fiscal statements oregon elaborate explanations of expenditure.
The delegation besides questioned whether the steep emergence was justified, stating that acquisition standards and facilities had not improved commensurately. Further, parents alleged mismanagement wrong the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), accusing the schoolhouse of misleading the authorities and CBSE by including individuals with nary nonstop transportation to the instauration arsenic PTA members.
The parents demanded a broad enquiry into HPS absorption practices and called for the enactment of a State-wide Fee Regulation Board. They suggested that interest increases beryllium capped astatine 8–10% erstwhile each 3 years, successful enactment with the Consumer Price Index.
Responding to the concerns, Mr. Sridhar Babu assured the parents that the Fee Regulation Committee and the Education section were reviewing the matter. He instructed Director, School Education, E. Naveen Nicholas to behaviour an contiguous enquiry and stated that the authorities would guarantee a just and balanced solution aft consultations with schoolhouse managements and officials.
