The Fee Regulation Authority (FRA) has begun conducting surprise inspections at private educational institutes across the city to check whether the students were covertly being charged excessive fees and whether they were being provided appropriate facilities, among other measures.

Recently, our report said officials visited a private engineering college in Andheri and a pharmacy institute in Jogeshwari. The next day, the team visited engineering colleges in Chembur and Wadala. A three-member team in a random order is conducting inspections after referring to grievances put forth by the students. After the inspection, a report will be created on the colleges to decide the next course of action, be it penalties, fee structure reviews, or more, said officials.