New Delhi: After IIMs and IITs, various universities in the country are likely to hike fees for graduate and post-graduate courses. The University Grants Commission (UGC), the body regulating the standards of education in the universities, has decided to set up committees to study the fees structure in the Central and state universities soon.
"The committees will study the fees structure in different universities and autonomous institutions. They will speak to the stakeholders and submit a report on the ideal fees structure. Accordingly, a decision will be taken about the fees structure," UGC Chairman Prof Sukhadeo Thorat told reporters.
The UGC has made this move following the recommendation of the Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) in this regard. The CABE committee had earlier recommended a hike in the fees of up to 20 per cent of the operational cost on each course in the universities. Currently, the fees in the government-run universities is very negligible, the CABE committee had said.
"That is the recommendation of the CABE committee. But we will review the whole issue and see how much increase can happen," Thorat said. He said at present there is a variation in the fees structure of different institutions like Central universities, state universities, deemed universities and autonomous bodies.
"We have already set up a committee to study the fees structure in the deemed universities. The committee will also study the admission policies in these institutions," he said.
