PU set to hike exam fee by another 10%
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 15
Taking the plea of rising expenditure in conducting examinations, Panjab University (PU) that had increased the examination fee by 10 per cent in the last academic session, is all set to hike the fee by another 10 per cent, the proposal of which will be tabled before the syndicate at a meeting scheduled for September 21. This will burn a hole in the pockets of all the students of PU and its affiliated colleges.
The PU had already hiked the examination fee in the 2012-13 session however, unable to cope-up with the rising expenditure the university has proposed another hike.
Justifying the move, the university authorities stated that there was steep increase in the expenditure by 31.67 per cent in comparison to the expenditure incurred for conducting exams in 2011-12 and 2012-13 sessions.
In the agenda item for the meeting it has been further stated that the rise in price index would add an extra burden due to revision in rates of supervisory staff, revision of rates of evaluation and paper setting etc and extra expenditure on the postage, as the roll numbers and result cards were sent to all private candidates for the April 2013 exams under registered post.
PU officials said that in the coming year, the examination branch would be requiring more funds to meet the expenditure on transporting man and material to the examination centres as the diesel and petrol prices had risen again.
The hike if approved by the House will be implemented from the current session in the semester exams to be held in December and April 2014.
Parvinder Singh, PU Controller of Examination (COE), stated that the last hike in the examination fee made by PU was after a gap of two-years and now there was a need for another hike to meet the partial expenditure.
Chandan Rana, president, Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC), said that they would take up the matter with the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and ask him not to put more financial burden on the students who were already paying exorbitant fees.
Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 15
Taking the plea of rising expenditure in conducting examinations, Panjab University (PU) that had increased the examination fee by 10 per cent in the last academic session, is all set to hike the fee by another 10 per cent, the proposal of which will be tabled before the syndicate at a meeting scheduled for September 21. This will burn a hole in the pockets of all the students of PU and its affiliated colleges.
The PU had already hiked the examination fee in the 2012-13 session however, unable to cope-up with the rising expenditure the university has proposed another hike.
Justifying the move, the university authorities stated that there was steep increase in the expenditure by 31.67 per cent in comparison to the expenditure incurred for conducting exams in 2011-12 and 2012-13 sessions.
In the agenda item for the meeting it has been further stated that the rise in price index would add an extra burden due to revision in rates of supervisory staff, revision of rates of evaluation and paper setting etc and extra expenditure on the postage, as the roll numbers and result cards were sent to all private candidates for the April 2013 exams under registered post.
PU officials said that in the coming year, the examination branch would be requiring more funds to meet the expenditure on transporting man and material to the examination centres as the diesel and petrol prices had risen again.
The hike if approved by the House will be implemented from the current session in the semester exams to be held in December and April 2014.
Parvinder Singh, PU Controller of Examination (COE), stated that the last hike in the examination fee made by PU was after a gap of two-years and now there was a need for another hike to meet the partial expenditure.
Chandan Rana, president, Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC), said that they would take up the matter with the Vice-Chancellor (VC) and ask him not to put more financial burden on the students who were already paying exorbitant fees.
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