Fee hike worries in DU over UGC letter to central universities

Fee hike worries in DU over UGC letter to central universities

A letter from HRD ministry and UGC was sent to all central universities stating that 'General Financial Rules will be implemented with immediate effect' which now has raised the questions whether to increase the fees of students or not.According to General Financial Rules (GFR) 'the university needs to strive for financial self-reliance'.One teacher from DU said that increasing the fees of the students is one way of achieving this.The letter was sent to all universities on November 2 which asked the universities to submit the fund utilization certificates in the format provided by the commission.In the certificate universities are required to update the funds received, funds that are not utilized, and the interest earned on the unutilized amount.According to the teachers, the letter is a follow-up of Office Memorandum sent to autonomous organizations in January. The OM stated, “While giving concurrence to the implementation of the revised pay scales, the financial advisers of the organization shall ensure that the extent of the government support be kept at the minimum and in no case the government support shall be more than 70% of additional financial impact.”“This OM clearly stated that universities will be responsible for generating 30% of the funds themselves. There is only one way of doing this and that is by increasing fees, which will hurt students from financially poor backgrounds,” said a member of the DU executive councilOn similar lines universities were asked to sign MoU in August which asked the universities to figure out ways to generate funds from other resources.“It is clear that the government is headed for a funds cut and is making a push towards privatization,” claimed a member of the Delhi University Teachers' Association.VS Chauhan, Chairman of UGC could not be reached for the comments.

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