Education not business to earn profit, fees should be affordable: SC

Education not business to earn profit, fees should be affordable: SC

Education is not a business to earn profit and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the state government’s decision to enhance the tuition fee in medical colleges to Rs 24 lakh per annum. A bench of Justices M R Shah and […]

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DNLU Jabalpur Protest: Students of Dharmashastra National Law University move MP High Court against fee hike for remedial classes

DNLU Jabalpur Protest: Students of Dharmashastra National Law University move MP High Court against fee hike for remedial classes

As many as 78 students of Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU) in Jabalpur have moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court with a plea seeking permission to take re-examinations without paying for remedial classes and to waive off the fee imposed by the varsity for those lectures. The writ petition was filed on August 16 and […]

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IIT-Bombay students begin relay hunger strike over fee hike

IIT-Bombay students begin relay hunger strike over fee hike

Continuing their protest against the recent fee hike, students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay began a relay hunger-strike on Saturday. While the students complained about threats by the administration to discourage them from protesting, the administration said the protest is unnecessary as a dialogue has been initiated with the students and fee-hike […]

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Now, an email drive against IIT-B fee hike

Now, an email drive against IIT-B fee hike

In their ongoing opposition to the recent fee-hike, students at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have now started an email campaign. A QR code is being circulated that directly opens a pre-filled email to be sent to the Board of Governors of IIT-Bombay. According to information shared by students, more than 100 emails have […]

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IIT Bombay students threaten to go on hunger strike over fee hike

IIT Bombay students threaten to go on hunger strike over fee hike

Students of IIT-Bombay have threatened to go on hunger strike over the recent hike in fees for MTech and PhD programmes if their demands for a rollback are not met by August 5. On Thursday, following the announcement about the hunger strike, the institute accepted students’ demand to include their representatives in the Standing Committee […]

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