The State government has determined the ‘final fee’ which can be charged from the students in a total of 30 private colleges offering BEd and MEd courses for the three academic sessions in Chhattisgarh, informed in an official statement here on Friday.
The final fee had been determined for 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic sessions.
An order to this effect was issued by the School Education Department from the Mantralaya on Friday. The order had been issued on April 1 this year and a copy of the same had been sent to concerned officers and the colleges in the State.
The order stated that the fee which had been deterimined is the 'maximum' that could be charged would also be uniform for the students from Chhattisgarh and those from other states.
It further stated that any institution which is desiring to charge less than the maximum fee determined can do so from the students, according to an official press release issued here on Friday.
As per the order, the fee determined for various colleges are as follows— C.M.D PG College for M.Ed programme (Rs 47,000 ).
Similarly for the B.Ed programmes the maximum fee of Rs 29,000 could be charged by K D Rungta College of Science and Technology, Disha College of Management Studies, Disha College, Jai Hind College, Central College of Education, CIT B.Ed College, Rungta Institute of Science and Technology, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya College of Education, Kumhari, Shree Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Professional Studies, Shree Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Studies, Pacheda, Kamlakant Shukla Institute, Shaildev Mahavidyalaya, Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya, Sambhavi College of Education and Spectrum College of Education.
Moreover, as per the order, the maximum fee of Rs 28,500 could be charged by S S College of Education, Maa Shiksha Mahavidyalaya, Shree Sandeepani Shiksha Mahavidyalaya, Rahoud, Samadhan College, Shri Krishna Shiksha Mahavidyalaya, Shri Ram College, Virendra Deepak Shiksha Mahavidyalaya, Somni Mahavidyalaya, Janki College of Education and Research, Chandakhuri, D.A.V. Model College, Hasdev Education College, B M College of Education and Parvati Institute of Training and Research Management. The maximum fee for the Bhilai College of IT, Jamul for B.Ed had been fixed at
Rs 27,700.
The order also stated that there is a provision of a one-time refundable 'Caution Money' which can be charged from students amounting to Rs 1,500 per student at the time of seeking admission.
The committee which determined the fee for the colleges had also categorically stated that charging more than the determined fee or collecting fee on other heads would be construed as ‘Capitation Fee’ and action would be taken as per the provisions of the Act governing the constitution.
The order stated that the fee would be applicable for the ‘entire length of the course.’
The order also directed that if any institution had already charged more than the determined fee by the Government for the students offered admission for 2012-13 academic session must return the same immediately using a Money Order or Bank Draft.
Moreover, the colleges can charge fee for Transport, Hostel and Mess on a ‘No Profit - No loss Basis’ and only from the users of these facilities.
The University and the Councelling charges would be as per what is determined by the University along with the State Government.