The Lok Satta Party on Monday demanded that the Government honour its commitment on fee reimbursement to all eligible students.
Party leader Katari Srinivasa Rao told media persons that the Government has to ensure that no poor student is denied the opportunity to pursue higher education. It should exclude those who can afford to pay tuition fees from availing themselves of the scheme meant to benefit the poor.
Mr Srinivasa Rao pointed out that certain unethical college managements have abused the ideal scheme and siphoned Government funds. The Government should without further delay initiate steps to recover the misappropriated funds and award exemplary punishment to the guilty.
The Lok Satta leader wanted the Government to give higher priority to school education as 90 per cent of students do not enter colleges because poverty forces them to drop out even before they finish the tenth class. It is a tragedy that the Government is expected to spend only Rs 600 crore of the Rs 1,800 crore it has to spend on sarva sikhsha abhiyan andmadhyamika siksha abhiyan.
Mr Srinivasa Rao reiterated the Lok Satta policy that no student should forgo the opportunity of higher education because of poverty. The Government could stand surety and facilitate bank loans if it runs into fund constraints in future because of the spread of higher education.
source : DC
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Hyderabad : The state government on Wednesday declared some stringent norms for students wanting to avail the fee reimbursement scheme and post-matric scholarship scheme from this academic year.
It has stipulated a minimum attendance of 75 per cent and made it mandatory for students to get promoted to the higher class by securing pass marks to avail the schemes.
Students who take admissions through counselling in convenor quota will only be eligible for the schemes and there will be no fee reimbursement and scholarships for students who take admissions in the convenor quota through ?spot admissions? for leftover seats after counselling.
All students from BC, SC, ST, EBC, minorities and physically-challenged categories with an annual family income limit of `1 lakh are eligible for the scheme and they will be made available to all eligible students on a ?saturation-basis?.
With respect to self-financed courses for which the fees are fixed by the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee, the restriction of `20,000 per annum has been removed and the full fee will be reimbursed from this academic year 2009-10.
All colleges have to display the course-wise fees reimbursed by the government on the college notice board or the college website. These fee particulars must be made available at the time of admissions so the students are aware of the fee structure. The entire system has been made online. The students need to submit online applications and the scholarship amount would be directly credited into the accounts of students.
source : DC