Parents will no longer have the right to challenge fee hikes in school, until 25 per cent of them from the same institution come together for it, a report in this paper stated. In a big blow to parents' fight against exorbitant fee hikes in schools, the state government on Monday passed the new amendment to the Maharashtra Educational Institution Fee Regulation Act (2011), which includes the above point.

Some other points, parents feel tilts the scale in favour of school managements rather than parents. Schools can now charge parents for late fees with additional interest and in unforeseen circumstances, schools will have the right to hike fees, provided the management has the support of 76 per cent of parents. We need to see an end to these battles between parents and school managements when it comes to fee hikes.