Parents of students in the CSI Bains School, Kilpauk, in the city created a stir over the school's demand for the second term fee, which was much higher than what was prescribed in the fee structure fixed by the Justice Govindarajan Committee.

The school increased the fee despite the recent order by the committee which said that schools have to stick to the fee structure fixed by it for this year until it comes out with a revised fee structure in the next year. Enraged by this, over 250 parents protested the second term fees collection.

“Not just for the first term but the school had demanded excess fees even for the second term, much higher than prescribed by the committee”, a parent said. Another parent said that instead of collecting Rs. 3,840 as already instructed for the second term, the school had demanded Rs 5,780, this even as the fee structure prescribed by the committee was Rs 3,500.