KOLKATA: Calcutta University has waived all fees for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the 2021-22 academic year due to the pandemic. This is applicable to students of all semesters.
“The decision has been taken in view of the pandemic. All fees—admission, tuition and examination charges—for UG and PG students in different semesters will be waived for 2021-22. Students will also not require to pay fees for collecting their mark sheets or grade sheets. This will provide some relief to students and their families,” said Debasis Das, CU registrar.
The government had already waived application fees to study at government and government-supported colleges and universities. Several institutes have also decided not to increase the semester fees this year so that students and their parents don’t have to face further burden amid the pandemic, when many families have been undergoing financial crisis.
There has been a demand for waiver of fees for the past few weeks. “A lot of families are facing financial crisis and many students are on the verge of dropping out. We have been demanding that the university provides fee relief,” said Abu Syed, district secretary of AIDSO.
