Nursing students protest after college Closes Mess Over Pending Fees

Andhra Pradesh- Recently a nursing college in Andhra Pradesh closed the mess due to pending fees of the students. Due to this, the students protested and demanded strict action from the district administration.

The incident took place on Monday at Ramya College of Nursing in Andhra Pradesh. The management of the college closed the mess and refused to serve lunch to the 60 female students citing pending fees in Kakinada, AP. After the incident, students staged a protest and sought action from the district administration.

Meanwhile, the Kakinada Revenue Divisional Officer S. Mallibabu was informed about the incident. After being alerted about the protest the officer rushed to the college and held talks with the college management and the students.

After talking to the college management and the students, the college management stated to the RDO that the students had not yet deposited the pending fees which they had promised to pay at the time of admission. During admission, students were instructed that if they were unable to pay their college fees in full, they could pay them in instalments. For this, they have to write a letter to the college in which they have to explain their financial difficulties and ensure that they will pay the fees on time.

On this, speaking to The Hindu, Mr Mallibabu said “The college management had closed the mess citing that the students failed to clear the pending fee, which they had committed at the time of their admission”. “The students have failed to clear the fee due to the pendency of one instalment of the free reimbursement which is yet to be cleared by the government. The college management has given us a written commitment that it will not close the mess again,” the RDO further added.

Apart from this, revenue officials have also submitted a report on the incident to District Collector Sagili Shanmohan.