LU reduces fee but all won’t benefit

Lucknow: Lucknow University’s decision to reduce enrolment and examination fees from the next session will provide relief to students studying in affiliated colleges in Lucknow but will burden those enrolled in affiliated colleges in four other districts.
This, because the affiliation of these colleges was transferred from Kanpur’s Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University to LU a few months ago.
“We were paying Rs 1000 as examination fees and around Rs 300 as enrollment fees. For us, LU’s new structure would be 2-3 times higher,” said a student. LU executive council on Tuesday decided to reduce exam fee in every semester by about 25% and enrolment fee up to 50%. The examination fee till now was Rs 4,000, which now has been reduced to Rs 3,000. The enrolment fees differ from subject to subject and the maximum amount charged was Rs 1000, which now will be Rs 500. Around a lakh students study in 344 affiliated colleges in Lakhimpur Kheri, Rae Bareli, Sitapur and Hardoi, while only 50,000 students study in 180 colleges located in Lucknow.