Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Fee hike in IIT's

First of all,i would like to point out that fee hike in an institution of repute and the so called temple of learning are not justified at all.its the responsibility of government to keep fee of these institutions of repute to the minimal level so that,even the poorest of poor guy can afford studying there.

Apart from the tution fee,One also has to pay the hostel fees,mess fee,library fees etc.So,on an year basis total expenditure at IIT's comes to around 60k.Also,the motive of iit's was not to get the whole expenditure from the students alone instead,they were established as an institution of repute which will create its own brand value and funds through R n D works,industry sponsorship and a part from government.So that,merit is not barred admission to these instituions of repute.So,rather than concentrating on fee hikes they should concentrate on industry sponsership and R&D works. You can not say that the hike in fees is not deterrent for the poor students as,there are many peoples who are so poor that they can not even bear the cost of living there in IIT's,So,how can they even dream of studying in these institutions...also loan is not the only solution for them. Loan is not the solution to their problem,instead it will create more burden on them...a college fresh guy who enters the IIT campus will have to keep in mind from the day1,that he is indebted towards someone and he has to pay it back.It may cause additional stress to him as well which in turn may hamper his studies. I am continuously viewing it evrywhere that loan is the solution of fee hikes.But,in my view loan is not a solution to any problems but it only creates more problems. Today IIT is IIT only due to quality of students who study there,once the merit is gone...IIT will not be an institution of repute.So they should take such steps so that,they continue to get the Meritorious students and not close the doors for them. I am not saying that fee hike should not be there but it should not be so much.Just now i saw the IIM's increaing their fees ranging from 2-3 times.is it rally justified ?from my point of view no. i am from a middle class family,but i can not dream of studying in these IIM's without taking loans.So,how the low income peoples will even dream of getting into IIM's or IIT's. there should be a rational behind fee hikes in these institutions of repute so that,everyone can afford the education.The increased cost of education if can not be beared by the IIT's govt should come forward,it will not be a huge amount for a govt,which can write off the loans for farm sector to the une of 60k crores

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