NEW DELHI: Keeping financial constraints of millions of students in mind, the government has asked colleges and universities not to insist on immediate payment of annual or semester fees.
Higher education regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) has said instead of being harsh on students at the time of a crisis, educational institutions should be empathetic and explore alternate payment models.
The UGC move comes amid the covid-19 pandemic with millions of people facing financial hardship due to the preventive lockdown.
The concern over loss of income and unemployment in the country has deepened as almost one out of four workers in India has been rendered jobless, a recent data from the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy showed.