In a major relief to students, the Maharashtra Education department has announced a complete fee waiver to those who lost their parents/guardians due to COVID-19.
It is pertinent to note that this move is being implemented for the second year in a row. This is to ensure that students are not deprived of education, said Chandrakant Patil, minister of higher and technical education.
Patil further explained that the government will ensure this decision is strictly implemented this year as well as these students also get every chance to complete their graduation or post-graduation (PG) education just like everybody else.
Considering the interests of the students, universities and aided colleges should pay special attention to the education of such students so that there is no interruption in their education, or their education is not damaged, the minister added.
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Last year, the former education minister Uday Samant announced a similar fee waiver to students who lost their parents to COVID-19.
Following that, state universities announced different heads under which all affiliated colleges were asked to discount or waive fees.
Moreover, the private and government schools and colleges had also decided to not hike the fees for the past two years in the wake of coronavirus-induced pandemic.
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