Govt fixes fee structure of B Ed & M Ed courses

Raipur, July 22, 2011

The state government has fixed the fee structure of Bachelor in Education (B Ed) and Master in Education (M Ed) courses for the academic session 2011-12. The new fee structure has been fixed on recommendations of Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) chaired by retired High Court Justice VK Shrivastava. Notably, the state government has constituted FRC under Chhattisgarh Private Professional Educational Institutes (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Act 2008.

According to new structure, the annual fee (tuition fee and other charges) for B Ed will be Rs 27700 (minimum) to 28700 (maximum) and M Ed will be Rs 47000 (minimum) to 48000 (maximum). Besides, the private institutions can take Rs 1000 development fee and Rs 1500 caution money every year.

The fee would be implemented in all the private colleges with immediate effect and there would be no change in the structure till the next revision of FRC. The new fee structure would be same for the students of Chhattisgarh and other states.

If any institution will charge fee more than the fixed structure or for any other purpose then it would be considered as capitation fee. The state government will take legal action under the Act against all such institutions that would take capitation fee.

The committee says that since the fee will be effective in academic session 2011-12, the institutions that have taken more than the fixed structure would have to return the additional amount to the students.

The institutions would be allowed to impose Rs 25 fine per day on the students would delay in paying their fee. Besides, the institutions would have to charge conveyance, hostel and mess fees on ‘no profit no loss’ basis.

The university and counselling fees would be charged according to the norm fixed by the government.

If any institution offers accredited course then it can charge Rs 500 from each student for every semester. This additional amount would be taken for the accredited period of the course, i.e. the accreditation obtained for particular session by the institution for the course.