310 private colleges closed due to non-release of fee reimbursement: Harish Rao
BRS leader T. Harish Rao claims that 310 private colleges in Telangana have closed due to the state government's failure to release fee reimbursement funds. He argues that the resulting financial crisis is disproportionately affecting rural students from marginalized communities.
Why it matters
The closure of educational institutions threatens access to higher education for thousands of students and highlights a significant fiscal dispute between political parties in Telangana.
The teaching and non-teaching staff in private degree and post-graduate colleges in the State are finding it difficult to take care of their families as the managements have not been paying salaries for months due to non-release of fee reimbursement funds pending for the last two-and-a-half years, said Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T. Harish Rao.
“Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy who often makes tall claims about creating a world-class education system in the State with Young India Schools is unable to clear the fee reimbursement dues, pushing the private degree and post-graduate colleges into a crisis,” the BRS leader said in a statement on Tuesday.
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