Don't hike MBBS fee this year: Maharashtra Medical Education Minister urges private medical colleges
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Maharashtra: Taking cognizance of the financial crunch that the people are facing due to the pandemic, the Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh has urged the association of private medical and dental colleges not to initiate a hike in the tuition fees this year.
Recently the minister held a meeting with the representative of several private medical colleges. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Dr TP Lahane.
Times of India reports that the minister has appealed to the authorities of the private medical and dental colleges not to increase the tuition fee if not decrease them. The minister held the view that under the current circumstances it would be inappropriate to impose more burden of a fee hike on the medical students and aspirants.
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