Poor feedback on Fee Act regulation !

The Maharashtra Government Regulation of Collection of Fees by Schools Act has received only 450 suggestions from people across the state. The fee Act was kept open on the government website to seek suggestions and opinions regarding fee regulation in schools. The act is under the scrutiny of a committee, which will take a decision on its application in the forthcoming week, as informed by the education department.

Dinkar Patil has been assigned as the deputy director of the committee. Currently, the state education department has received 450 suggestions from people associated with the education department. Many of the suggestions, which have been repeated, will be scrutinised by the committee, which has been framed by the government.

The committee will decide upon incorporating a handful of suggestions, which will help in creating a strong foundation for the act before its implementation. It has been estimated that the committee will submit the report to the education department within a week's time. The members of the education department will later discuss the report presented by the committee.

People associated with the education department had criticised the act stating that it has several loopholes in it. The act does not highlight the problem of capitation fees charged by schools while admitting the child in the school.

Schools under the name of capitation fees extract exorbitant fees from parents, which needs to be brought under the scanner through the medium of this Act. Also the act also lacks to underline the importance of a parents teachers Association, which acts as a medium to resolve the problems of parents and schools. Moreover the act states that the school has the authority to frame a committee of their own for the PTA association which again paves way for schools to choose people who are in favour of the school informed a few educationists.