The state education department has sought the public’s suggestions for amendments in the Fee Regulation Act (FRA). The move is significant for parents who are in constant battle with school managements over fee during the pandemic, but they don’t seem very hopeful of the results.

The pandemic shut down schools and introduced online classes, and parents demanded a reduction in fees, but to no avail. Several protests were organised to pressurise the government to change the FRA, whose current clauses, according to parents, favour school managements.