India, Sept. 23 -- Over the fee hike private schools in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai to be inspected by the education department. Nearly twenty schools are probed are one by one government would order the inspections. The state education department formed committees to address complaints concerning fee hikes in private schools.

Last week, several parents of students from different schools in the city met Bacchu Kadu, state minister for school education. Jayant Jain, president of the Forum for Fairness in Education coordinated with the delegation of parents from around 35 schools. In the days to come, the department plans to inspect more schools. "We are doing it in phases as we are short-staffed due to Covid-19 restrictions," added the off...