SRINAGAR, JUNE 10: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday announced 50% fee cut to the students who seek admission in Nursing and Architecture courses in the constituent colleges of Cluster University Srinagar (CUS) and Cluster University Jammu (CUJ).
The Minister directed the concerned officers to cut down the existing annual fee of nursing course from Rs 65,000 to Rs 32,500 for general students and make it Rs 15,000 for students who fall under Below Poverty Line (BPL) category.
He also announced the 50% cut on the existing annual fee for Architecture course from Rs 100000 to Rs 50000 for general students and Rs 25,000 for BPL students.
Bukhari made this announcement while chairing a meeting convened to review the functioning of CUS and CUJ and to discuss the action plan for the speedy growth and development of these varsities.
Later, the Minister said, the appointment of Deans would be made in consultation with the Chief Minister, Ms Mehbooba Mufti who is also the Chancellor of these universities.
Bukhari said that CM has desired to address all the problems faced by these Cluster Universities as these are in its infancy phase and needs a handholding.
The minister directed the VCs to hold the monthly meeting so that the issues relating the development of universities can be discussed and the problems and issues, if any, are addressed in a time bound manner.
