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Updated October 5th, 2019 at 15:56 IST

IIT students protest, demand revocation of fee hike for MTech courses

IIT students on Friday held a protest at Jantar Mantar against the 900 per cent fee hike for MTech courses and demanded a revocation of the hike.

Reported by: Manjiri Chitre
IIT
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IIT students on Friday held a protest at Jantar Mantar against the 900 per cent fee hike for MTech courses and demanded a revocation of the hike. According to reports, the protests have been organized under the All India Engineering Student Council (AIESC). Further reports state that the students are lacking clarity and they have stated that fee hike is "unacceptable". The HRD Ministry had announced the fee hike last week.

 

Students' demands

According to reports, the students are demanding a revocation in the fee hike that was announced by the HRD Ministry last week. Further, the students are stressing that the BE and BTech courses are already costly. According to them, the fee hike is not fair as most of the students complete their graduation on education loans, which ultimately leads to a huge burden on them. Apart from demanding a rollback to the fee hike, the students are also protesting to make MTech courses market and industry-ready.

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HRD Ministry increases the fee

Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, chaired by Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, announced a fee hike by 900 per cent for the MTech courses last week. However, the ministry clarified that there is no fee hike for the existing and new admissions. The fees will be hiked gradually. Issuing a clarification notice, they said that the needy students will be provided with financial support. 

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Published October 5th, 2019 at 12:32 IST

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