COVID -19 - Private Un-Aided Schools / Junior colleges - Fee to be collected from parents /students for the Academic year 2020-21-Orders –Issued.

The Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory and Monitoring

Commission, proposed to review and determine the fee structure for the Private

Unaided Schools and Junior Colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the

academic year 2020-21 and issued a notification read 1

st above directing the

managements of all the Private Unaided Schools and Junior Colleges in the

state of Andhra Pradesh to submit relevant data in the prescribe schedules.

2. Aggrieved by the same, KAY VEE ORR Education, Mailavaram have filed

a Writ Petition and the Hon’ble AP High Court in WP No. 9563 in 2020 stayed

the notification for a period of six weeks initially and extended thereafter.

3. In the prevailing circumstances due to the spread of the Covid-19

pandemic, the resultant lockdown measures and economic situation and taking

in to consideration of the plight of the parents who are not in a position to pay

the tuition fees for their children studying in the Private Un-aided Schools/Junior

Colleges, on the recommendation of the Andhra Pradesh School Education

Regulatory Monitoring Commission (APSERMC), orders were issued in the

reference 5th cited, by the Government directing the Managements of all the

Private Un-aided Recognized Schools/Junior Colleges not to increase any kind

of fees during the academic year 2020-21 and shall collect only tuition fee on

monthly basis until further orders.

4. The Chairperson, Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory and

Monitoring Commission (APSERMC) vide reference 6

th cited has informed that,

after review, considering the plight of the parents who were economically

incapacitated, the Commission in exercise of powers under Section 9 of Act 21

of 2019 has recommended to impose a reduction of 30% of tuition fee for the

academic year 2020-21 which was allowed to be collected in the references 3rd

cited , and permit the managements of private un-aided educational institutions