While students have threatened to go on a hunger strike arguing that the varsity had increased the fee by 10 per cent in all courses last year and the new hike will come as a setback to those from poor economic background, the varsity authorities maintained that it is a "nominal" increase.
"Initially two students will go on hunger strike in protest against the hike. The university has made it a pattern to increase the fee every year. A large section of the university students come from poor background where even affording the existing fee is difficult," a Jamia student said on condition of anonymity.
Amid protest from students, the university has formed a six-member panel, including two student representatives, to look into the issue.
"It is a marginal hike as we have instructions from the HRD ministry that universities are expected to mobilise their resources internally. The hike in tuition fee will not add more than Rs 5-6 lakh in our corpus annually," Jamia spokesperson Mukesh Ranjan said.
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