In a move that may affect thousands of students enrolled with Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIP)-affiliated colleges, the Delhi Government has increased fees by up to 25 per cent of various courses retrospectively from 2013-14 session. The notification in midway of course came as shockers for students of GGSIP-affiliated colleges as they have been told by the colleges to pay “due fees” of `5,000-`25,000 for each academic year beginning 2013. A notification to this effect has been issued by Director (Higher Education) Shiv Kumar.
With the new notification in place, an MCA student, who has been paying `96,600 per academic session in Banarasidass Chandiwala Institute of Information Technology, will have to pay `1,20,000 per academic session from 2013 onwards. A student pursuing llB with Amity law School, Noida, who had been paying `55,200 for one academic year, will now have to shell out `63,400.
The notification issued last month, said, “The Government has decided that the fee proposed for the academic 2013-16 by the State Fee Regulatory Committee be notified for the period 2014-17... And for the courses having duration of four years and five years, the fee notified by the Government will be applicable for the entire duration of the course.”