"fee-revision"

Telangana is set to announce a new fee structure for private engineering colleges for 2025-26. The TAFRC recommendations were held back during the Jubilee Hills bypoll. Top colleges in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal may see fee hike

The Telangana government has formed a 10-member expert committee, led by TGCHE Chairman Prof. V. Balakista Reddy, to review and recommend updated parameters for fee fixation in private unaided professional colleges.

In a crucial TAFRC meeting held here on Wednesday, it has been decided to constitute a sub-committee, which will thoroughly review the proposed fees hike in the private colleges.

The colleges, which did not apply to TAFRC for fee revision, are barred from collecting any fee and admission

The fee structure for BE/BTech, ME/MTech, BArch, MArch, B Planning, M Planning, B Pharmacy, M Pharmacy, Pharm-D, Pharm-D (PB), MBA MCA, LLB, LLM, BEd, MEd, DPEd, and UG DPEd will be reviewed and determined.

A notification calling for applications from private colleges seeking fee revision is expected within a month.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Telangana government in last year retained the existing fee structure for UG medical and dental courses offered by private unaided colleges for the block period 2021-2023