Student unions, parents’ associations, educationists and political leaders demanded immediate regulation of school fees in Telangana, alleging that private educational institutions were exploiting parents in the absence of a comprehensive fee control mechanism.
Speaking at a round-table conference on ‘Quality Education – Fee Regulation’ held at the Press Club in Somajiguda, Hyderabad, on Wednesday (May 6, 2026), Hyderabad School Parents Association (HSPA) president Venkat Sai questioned why the State did not have a proper fee regulation framework despite more than a decade since the State’s formation and nearly two years of the Congress government in power. He alleged that many private educational institutions in the State were either run by politicians or individuals with political influence, which he claimed was one of the reasons successive governments had failed to bring in effective regulation.
