It is being said on social media that the fees of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have been increased. However, now this has been clarified.
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Banaras Hindu University (BHUThe news of increasing the fees was coming to the fore. Many tweets have been made on the social media platform Twitter, in which it has been claimed to increase the fees from hostel fees to courses. It was claimed that the fees for many courses have been increased by 100 to 500 percent. However, now the BHU administration has given an explanation about this. Banaras Hindu University says that no fee has been increased for the students, as claimed by some students of the university in a social media post.
According to BHU, the proposed fee structure is for the students taking admission in 2022-23. In a statement issued by BHU, it was said, ‘No fee hike has been done for the students of BHU. The proposed new fee is for the candidates taking admission in the academic session 2022-23.
What did BHU say?
The university administration tweeted and said, ‘It has come to the notice of the BHU administration that such claims are being made in social media and other communication modes that the fees of all the students have been increased by the university. These claims are baseless. There has been no increase in the fees of any student by the university.
Another tweet said, ‘As far as increase in fees and hostel fees is concerned, this is not a new decision. The decision of partial increase in some items was taken before the academic year 2019-20. The proposed increase is for the candidates taking admission in 2022-23. Current students will be unaffected by this.
#BHU It has come to the notice of the administration that such claims are being made in social media and other media that the fees of all the students have been increased by the university. These claims are baseless. There is no increase in the fees of any student by the university. pic.twitter.com/eDLCPRATpT
— BHU Official (@bhupro) October 14, 2022
The BHU administration said, ‘No increase was implemented in the academic session 2020-21 and 2021-22 to provide relief to the students due to the COVID epidemic. During this, all the students who paid the increased fee are being refunded the difference in fees, the decision of which was taken in August 2022 itself.
The administration further said, ‘The Banaras Hindu University appeals to all the students and stakeholders to be aware of the propaganda being done by certain sections in the name of fee hike in the university and avoid the confusion and misinformation being spread about it.’
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