IITs, IIITs not to hike tuition fee for any course in academic year 2020-21: HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
4 years, 8 months ago

IITs, IIITs not to hike tuition fee for any course in academic year 2020-21: HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India Today  

The Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Information Technology will not increase the tuition fee for any course for academic year 2020-21, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" said here on Sunday. "After consultation with the chairman of the Standing Committee of the IIT Council and directors of IITs, it has been decided that these institutes will not increase the tuition fee for academic year 2020-21 for any course," the minister said. "In case of the IIITs, it has been decided that for those which are centraly-funded, the standard 10-per cent hike in the tuition fee for undergraduate programmes will not be implemented this year. "On similar lines, I have requested the IIITs run in the public-private partnership mode not to increase the tuition fee for the coming academic year for any of their courses," he added.

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India TV News  

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ABP News  

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India Today  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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