Close on the heels of the State government’s move to bring uniformity in fees of various UG and PG programmes, acting on a report from the Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), student activists in Mysuru have urged the government not to hike but ease the fees for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in State-run universities.
“As many government universities have been charging higher fees which is burdening higher education of poor students, the council recommended bringing uniformity in the fee structure of the UG and PG courses of all the universities,” according to the Mysuru committee of the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO).
The committee has recommended UG fees starting from ₹11,500 for various courses and the proposal has been placed before the government. “The UG fees in universities are already 300% higher than that of government degree colleges. After the 300 percent increase, enrolment in the universities has dropped,” Ms. Chandrakala of AIDSO claimed.
