Bhubaneswar, 20/1 (AO Bureau): The students and parents of Odisha now can take a huge sigh of relief amidst the Coronavirus crisis as the Odisha government has directed all aided and unaided private schools in the state to reduce fees because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is worth mentioning here that, parents’ associations across the state had been demanding reduction of school fees because of the closure of Schools in the pandemic.
According to the notice released by the School and Mass Education Department yesterday, the relaxation in fees will be done in seven slabs: 7.5 % for school fees ranging between Rs 6,001 and Rs 12,000 per annum, 12 % for fees remaining between Rs 12,001 and Rs 24,000, 15 % for fees between Rs 24,001 to Rs 48,000, 20 % for school fees of Rs 48,001- Rs 72,000, 25 % for Rs 72,001 -Rs 1 lakh fees and 26 % for fees remaining above Rs 1 lakh per annum,