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IGNOU approves fee hike by 20 percent |
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New Delhi : The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to increase its fee by 20 percent from this January.
A proposal regarding this has been approved by the academic council of the university on January 13, 2009. The university has also increased the charges by 50-60 percent for value added services. |
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V. N. Rajashekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU said, "It is necessary for us to increase the fee to meet the additional expenditure arising from revision in pay scales."
IGNOU is the first university in the country to increase the fee after pay revision.
From now a student pursuing MBA from the varsity will have to pay RS.2800 for each semester.
Currently more than 19 lakh students have enrolled themselves with IGNOU in more than 100 courses offered by the university.
IGNOU thinks that students belong to below poverty line or enrolled in social sector course are not going to affected by the decision to fee hike.
Source : indiaedunews |
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