For the upcoming Academic year, there will be no fee hike at IITs and IIITs

For the upcoming Academic year, there will be no fee hike at IITs and IIITs

For the upcoming academic session, IITs and IIITs will not hike the fee said education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank". In case of centrally-funded IIITs, it was announced that the standard 10 percent fee hike in the undergraduate programs will not be implemented. "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 the academic year 2020-21 for any course," news agency PTI quoted the minister as saying. "In case of the IIITs, it has been decided that for those which are centrally funded, the standard 10-per cent hike in the tuition fee for undergraduate programs, will not be implemented this year. I have also requested them not to increase the fee for other courses. "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. The coronavirus breakout has affected 2.5 million people worldwide and the global economy has suffered a major loss. Job offers of the students at IITs and IIMs have been revoked. IITs earlier this month said that they will hold a special placement drive for the students whose job offers got cancelled amid coronavirus breakout. "I have also asked all IIT directors to hold special placement drives for the students affected by cancelled job offers. The students to whom the jobs were offered during the placement drive are among the country's brightest minds and can help recruiters in times of crisis," the HRD minister said then.