Hyderabad:Osmania University research scholars have expressed frustration over the university’s failure to bring down the hiked PhD course fees. “Two years ago, the fees were arbitrarily increased from Rs 2,000 to as much as Rs 25,000 for some courses, without consulting any committee,” alleged N. Satya, a political science research scholar. “The justification that the government would cover the increased …
Hyderabad: A protest by students demanding the payment of long-pending scholarship and fee reimbursement affected traffic flow at ECIL Crossroads on Friday. Organised by the Telangana BC Students Association, led by Vemula Ramakrishna, the protesters said 16.75 lakh students were affected with the government not paying Rs 4,000 crore. Colleges have withheld certificates due to unpaid fees, derailing students’ higher …
Former Rajya Sabha member and president of National Backward Classes Welfare Association R. Krishnaiah, strengthened by thousands of students in a protest demonstration at Dharna Chowk on Monday, demanded the government for immediate payment of fee reimbursement and scholarship dues. “Fee reimbursement dues to Inter and Degree students have been pending for three years now. At the Maha Dharna, Mr. …
HYDERABAD: Sixteen Backward Classes unions on Sunday gave a joint call for a state-wide agitation on January 24 to demand that the government clears Rs 3,300 crore worth of arrears of fee reimbursement and scholarships for students in the previous two academic years. They also demanded that the state government increase the scholarship for students from BC, SC and ST …
Kakinada: Kakinada MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy on Thursday advised those participating in Telugu Desam’s Idemi Karmara Babu programme not to have double standards. “There is nothing wrong in TD launching a protest programme, as Chandrababu Naidu is making efforts to preserve himself in state politics. But, they should first surrender the benefits they are enjoying under several schemes, such as …
Hyderabad: Faced with the wrath of student organisations for neglecting students and youth since coming to power in 2014, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi is going all out to woo students and youth in the run-up to the 2023 Assembly elections. Among the major decisions taken by the government recently to garner the support of students and youth are a …
After Osmania University proposed a fee hike for its engineering and postgraduate courses, several students have been protesting against it. As per reports, the revised fee for AI engineering is at Rs 1.20 lakh; mining engineering up to Rs 1 lakh, regular engineering fee hiked from Rs 18,000 to Rs 35,000 and for self-finance courses in science, the fee is …