Bhubaneswar, Nov. 3 -- Students of Jamla Panchayat Higher Secondary School in Padampur subdivision of Bargarh district in Odisha staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the institution over the collection of re-admission fees.

The protest was held by second-year Plus Two students, who demanded a refund of the fees collected from them for re-admission. They argued that education is provided free of cost under the government's policy and questioned the collection of the fees.

The students alleged that despite demanding a refund, the college authorities had not returned the money prompting them to stage a sit-in outside the institution.

Student Soumya Ranjan Sahu said that the college had asked students to pay re-admission fees, and some ...