Fee Regulatory Committee Writes to Govt Over Excess Fee

The Karnataka Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) has written to multiple government departments, highlighting repeated complaints from students across medical, engineering, and allied professional courses about private colleges demanding excess fees or insisting on payment of the entire course fee upfront at the time of admission.

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In separate letters to the Departments of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, and Higher Education, FRC chairman Justice B Sreenivase Gowda said many of these complaints, though widespread, lacked basic details such as the student's name, parent or guardian information, course enrolled, college name, or fee specified in the KEA allotment letter. This, he said, makes it difficult for the committee to formally inquire into them or grant relief.

In a letter to the Health Department, FRC said it had received complaints from students joining courses such as ayurveda, unani, naturopathy, yoga, and homoeopathy.