MBBS interim fee set at 60% of last year
TOI : PUNE: In a major relief to students ahead of this year’s admissions to engineering and health science courses, the Supreme Court-assigned Shikshan Shulka Samiti (fee fixation panel) has directed all private unaided institutions to charge an interim fee at 80 p.c. and 60 p.c. of last year’s fee for engineering and medical seats, respectively.
The panel, appointed by the state government as per the apex court directives, has set this arrangement until it finalises the fees for 2008-09 for all private unaided engineering and medical colleges.
Post-finalisation, students will have to pay the differential amount, but the instant orders (issued on July 4) provide a relief considering the huge sums charged for professional courses.
For instance, the medical course fee is upward of Rs 3 lakh per annum and varies from college to college vis-a-vis costs incurred. On the scale of Rs 3 lakh, students will have to pay Rs 1.80 lakh as an interim fee for 2008-09. The relief is a cool Rs 1.20 lakh per student till the finalisation of the fee amount.
The panel’s decision is also a departure from the practice over the last two years, of allowing the colleges to effect a 7.5 p.c. ad hoc hike in the fees. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More
