The Andhra Pradesh Directorate of Government Examinations has released the fee schedule for the March 2027 Secondary School Certificate examinations. Schools can remit examination fees without a late charge from November 11 through November 25, according to the November 7 notification reported by The Indian Express.
The November dates concern fee collection for the March examination. Families should check with their school for its own collection deadline, which may be earlier than the deadline for the school to remit the money. Ask the school to confirm the amount payable for the student’s category and retain the payment receipt.
Students who miss the school’s collection date should contact the school office promptly to check which late-fee window applies. Verify the spelling of the student’s name and the subjects entered while the school is preparing the examination records.
Fee dates and late charges
The schedule gives schools a regular payment window from November 11 to November 25. According to the notification details reported by The Indian Express, the next window runs from November 26 to December 2 with a ₹50 late fee. The additional charge rises to ₹200 from December 3 to December 9 and ₹500 from December 10 to December 15. Those dates refer to the school remittance schedule. A school may ask families to submit payment or confirm details earlier so that its staff can complete the required checks.
The reported examination fee is ₹125 for candidates appearing in all subjects or more than three subjects, and ₹110 for candidates appearing in up to three subjects. The notification also lists an additional ₹60 for vocational candidates. Ask the school office to confirm which entry applies to the student before paying. A late fee, if applicable, is an additional charge on top of the examination fee. The schedule covers regular and once-failed candidates in the SSC, OSSC and vocational streams.
What schools need to verify
According to the report, heads of schools are expected to review and verify candidate information in UDISE+ before remitting the examination fee through the school login on the Directorate’s website. This means paying the school and completing the school’s submission are separate steps. After paying, ask when the school expects to finish the submission and how it will confirm that the candidate’s record was included.
A parent or student reviewing the school record should check the name, date of birth and subjects with the documents the school uses. Candidates returning to sit one or more papers should ask the school to confirm the subjects for which they are being entered. If something looks wrong, bring the relevant records to the school office and ask which correction process applies. The payment notice alone does not establish how every kind of correction must be made.
Questions to ask before the deadline
Ask the school for its collection date, payment method and the amount due. If the school gives a receipt, keep it somewhere accessible until the registration is confirmed. When a family has already paid but cannot find the acknowledgement, the school office is the place to check whether the payment was recorded. Before making a second payment, ask the office to reconcile it with the original transaction.
Families that miss the first window should contact the school as soon as possible. The published late-fee periods give a way to complete payment after the regular window, but staff still need time to verify a candidate’s record. Ask which documents the school needs and whether it can process the entry in the current window. A reminder circulating in a parent group may be useful, but the school should confirm the date it is working to.
The November notification deals with examination fees. Students preparing a revision plan should use the subject-wise timetable when the Directorate releases it. Until then, the immediate task is to verify the candidate details and complete payment through the school.
