Updated: Some of them are lacking in basic facilities, they say Share Article AAA APSERMC members questioning the staff over untidy conditions at a private institution’s hostel in Guntur district. | Photo Credit: HAND_OUT Some of them are lacking in basic facilities, they say Even as the Central and the State governments were directing the educational institutions to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID, many private schools and colleges reportedly have ignored the warnings. ‘Excess fee’ V. Shiva, whose son is studying in a private school, says that the management took an undertaking from parents before sending their wards to schools, but had no safety arrangement in place. “The staff were not allowing us into the classrooms. The managements were collecting excess fee despite government instructing schools to reduce fee,” says the parent from Vijayawada.