Vidyarthi Morcha a students union in Pt Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, along with Vakta Manch and electricity metre reader union, held a demonstration against the hike in examination fee on Tuesday.
The union members have submitted a memorandum to the Vice Chancellor of the university Prof SK Pandey. The members of the union also warned the administration that if the rollback did not come soon, they would gherao the residence of Higher Education Minister. The students demanded an immediate rollback and Pandey has assured them that the matter will be discussed soon.
Members of the three unions assembled in the university and held a demonstration and raised slogans in front of the administrative block on Tuesday. They said that there was a massive hike in the examination fee recently and this is burden on students from weaker economic sections. The students have also been directed to fill the forms online. This is causing inconvenience, students said. They also said that additional cost of Rs100 was meted out to them for filling out the forms from cafe centre.
“Many students have decided against appearing in the examination because of the increase in fee,” said Shubham Sahu, member of students union. The students have warned that if the rollback in examimation fee does not come within two days, they will gherao the residence of the new Higher Education Minister.