Nagpur: After getting dozens of complaints from students that schools were forcing them to cover fees, rather than letting them fill up evaluation forms with no the Nagpur University has cautioned faculty managements of actions.
At a circular issued by pupils’ development manager Abhay Mudgal, schools have been told to take charges in instalments and permit pupils to fill exam forms on settlement.
The move came following Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists required reduction in examination fees billed by NU, along with additionally the faculty fees.
A BJYM delegation headed by BJP city leader Pravin Datke and former mayor Sandip Joshi fulfilled pro-VC Sanjay Dudhe a week after getting several complaints from pupils, particularly in the engineering college.
The activists asked NU government to do it against schools harassing students to cover fees and additional fees.
On Thursday, National Students Union of India (NSUI) planner Amin Noori directed protests facing VC’s office at NU’s senior administrative construction for exactly the identical reason.
They afterwards met the pro-VC and apprised him of the difficulties faced by pupils because of Covid-19 pandemic.
TOI was frequently highlighting the problem of students facing financial hardship following parents lost jobs or wages were decreased, or company was negatively impacted because of a set of lockdowns since March this past year.
Many pupils also have lost only making associates.
Citing circulars issued by UGC and AICTE, Mudgal said schools have to take into consideration the pandemic scenario when charging fees by the students.
“The schools should not prevent them from completing up examination forms even when they have not paid their charges.
The attorneys and heads of division should take responsibility that pupils would not be alert to these examinations at any price,” he explained while reiterating his caution.
The NSUI delegation containing Nikhil Wankhede, Sayyad Farman Ali, Chetam Meshram and many others advised that because NU was carrying only online examinations, it should not bill such hefty prices from pupils.
“In pandemic instances, NU ought to give concessions to pupils on humanitarian reasons, as all of us are afflicted with the fiscal front.
NU does not need to incur costs such as analysis of response books, creating arrangements at examination centers, and printing queries newspapers and answer sheets.
Therefore it needs to pass on those savings to pupils by lowering the charges,” they needed.