Government considering differential fee structure for higher education
October 13th, 2007
Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindustan Times.
Planning Commission Member, B Mungekar, suggested a differential fee structure for higher education at a conference of vice-chancellors on Wednesday.
Mungekar, who had drafted the new expansion and reform plan, asked vice-chancellors to consider differential fee structure with the poor paying less and those who can afford paying higher fee.
“It is not justified that a person paying Rs 5,000 for nursery classes pays Rs 50 for a MA course. Students from private schools should pay same amount of fees as they pay in schools,” he said.
He also said the commission and University Grants Commission will soon come up with a formula on a new “sustainable” fee structure for higher education. “We are talking of charging fee up to 20 per cent of university expenditure and not 20 per cent as National Knowledge Commission had recommended,” he said.
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