Faced with a poor financial condition, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) has decided to increase the fees for all Plus Two certificates and marksheets by four to seven times.
In a notification on Tuesday, the council said the students would be able to get their certificates and marksheets by paying the revised fee at its office counter.
A student seeking a copy of the original certificate would have to pay Rs 1,000 as against the old fee of Rs 150. Students applying for a copy of their original marksheets would have to pay Rs 100 instead of Rs 25 earlier. For an emergency delivery of a copy of the original marksheet, the revised fee has been fixed at Rs 150 as against Rs 35. The CHSE has decided to issue a maximum of 10 marksheets per day.
Besides, students who were paying Rs 25 for a provisional certificate would now have to pay Rs 100. For an emergency issue of provisional certificate, they are required to pay Rs 150 instead of Rs 35.
The council would issue a maximum of five provisional certificates a day.This apart, for verification of certificates and marksheets the CHSE would collect Rs 100 per applicant instead of the old rate of Rs 40.
Besides, the students, who had failed to collect their certificates from their respective colleges, which were subsequently returned to the Council, would now have to pay Rs 300 to get their certificates in the first year.
If a student fails to obtain his certificate within one year of passing the annual examinations, he/she has to pay an extra Rs 100 as late fee.CHSE Chairman Prof Basudeb Chhatoi has reportedly said the surplus money collected from these heads would be utilised for the council’s infrastructure development, management of examinations and salary and pension of the staff.