Students not to pay any fees to apply to colleges and universities across the state, the West Bengal Education Minister announced.
The West Bengal government has announced that this year students will be exempted from paying any amount to apply to any state-run colleges and universities for admission in undergraduate courses. As per an official order, no money can be charged from students for providing application forms or prospectus for admission.
"Let me assert in unambiguous terms, colleges should not take a single rupee under any head from the candidates during admission. The colleges can't even charge money for buying prospectus or in any other category. Those universities, which directly offer undergraduate courses, cannot similarly charge anything from the candidates," Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.
Chatterjee further said that this has been done considering the current coronavirus situation in the country due to which many families are facing an extreme financial crisis. Considering that, it was decided that students should not be put under any economic stress as they are already facing enough hardship."
Following the minister's statement, the Higher Education Department issued a notification regarding this.
"No charges shall be taken from the students for scanning/uploading of documents for online admission in UG level courses, for providing the application form/prospectus of admission in UG level courses," it said.
To avoid large gatherings, admission to all the colleges and varsities in the state is being done online this year in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the institutes in the state had begun the process on August 10. Students are advised to keep checking the official websites of the colleges they want to apply to, to get the latest updates.
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