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[ad_1] Last Updated: March 11, 2023, 14:23 IST Maharashtra had brought down the annual fees of RTE quota students to Rs 8,000 after schools closed due to the March 2020 lockdown (Representational image) The RTE Act requires that private unaided schools reserve one-fourth of their seats for children belonging to marginalised and economically poor sections of society The government of Maharashtra has increased the fees of children admitted to private unaided schools under the Right To Education (RTE) quota. This changed fee structure marks a return to the expenses the central and state administrations bore for the studies of such students in pre-Covid times in the state, reported a leading news daily. The state had brought down the annual fees of RTE quota students to Rs 8,000 after schools closed due to the March 2020 lockdown. This followed in the academic year 2021-22, as well. Prior to the pandemic hitting, in the academic year 2019-20, the fee was Rs 17,670. The RTE Act requir