Private engineering colleges told not to charge extra

BENGALURU: All

engineering colleges

in the city have been told not to charge students any extra fees apart from the prescribed amount.

The

admission overseeing committee

, headed by Justice B Manohar, received several complaints of colleges charging extra fees. The fees prescribed by the government includes tuition fee and university fees. Private colleges are not allowed to charge any other fee under other heads.

“The collection of additional fee over and above the fee fixed by the government is construed as collection of capitation fee, which is prohibited under

Prohibition of Capitation Fee Act

,” said the panel in a circular.