New Delhi: The Central University of Tamil Nadu students have now approached the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the exemption of amenities fees for the semester in which classes were held online owing to COVID-19 outbreak.
The students were also disappointed at the administration’s initiative to collect the examination fees, when no exams were conducted in the previous semester, despite the students paying the fees, reported EdexLive.
“The odd semester fees (July – Nov 2020) notified by our university consists of library fees, laboratory fees and Student Welfare fees along with the tuition fees. Since the classes are conducting in online mode, we do not access any of the above-mentioned facilities. So these categories of fees should be revoked from the overall semester fee structure as students are willing to pay tuition fees amid the economic crisis,” read an email sent by the students to the UGC Joint Secretary Jitendra Tripathy. However, the higher education regulatory body is yet to get back to the students on the matter.
Earlier also, the students had sent a similar email to the university’s new Vice-Chancellor Dr Karpaga Kumaravel. The students have addressed this in their latest email to the UGC. “Even though we had addressed this issue to the concerned office bearers in CUTN including the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and all the Deans, they were reluctant to consider this issue,” it read.
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