Hyderabad, April 21 --  The Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Ramanthapur, on Tuesday, April 21, pushed back against protests over its revised fee structure for the academic year 2026-27, calling claims of a 140 per cent fee hike "based on selective computation and misleading."

The school issued a formal appeal to parents days after a group of them staged a sit-in protest outside the school premises on April 17, raising slogans of "We want justice" and demanding an immediate fee rollback and the formation of a parents' committee.

Protesting parents alleged that fees for primary classes (Classes 2 to 5) had risen from Rs 84,000 to Rs 2,01,600, and for Classes 6 to 10, from Rs 1,02,000 to Rs 2,08,000 over the past four years - amounting...