Hunger strike by Dibrugarh University students' body over fees hike

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DIBRUGARH: Members of the Dibrugarh University Post Graduate Students' Union (DUPGSU) staged a hunger strike in the University premises on Thursday in protest against the Dibrugarh University's decision to hike the fees of its courses for the academic session 2022-23.

Dibrugarh University in a notification on August 23 had announced a hike in the annual fees for its Arts, Science and Commerce streams. It hiked the annual fees for Arts and Commerce stream from Rs 4,489 to Rs 5982 and Science stream from Rs 6,913 to Rs 9,194 for the academic session 2022-23 triggering strong protests from the Dibrugarh university student community. Bikash Misong, president of the Dibrugarh University Post Graduate Students' Union said,

"We have been on protest since the last three days and it will continue until the Dibrugarh University authorities reverses its decision of a fee hike. Dibrugarh University receives enough funds from the UGC and government to function smoothly. The government is talking about free education and Dibrugarh University is resorting to a fee hike which is a pure anti-student policy."

On Wednesday, Dibrugarh University Vice-Chancellor Jiten Hazarika in a press meet justified the decision of fees hike citing rising costs and inflation while adding that the same will be utilized for infrastructure development and research works of the university. He also asserted that there will be no rollback of the fees hike.

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