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Keeping a promise made to a visually-challenged student, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday dropped in at Hindu College here to sort out the issue of non-extension of a fee waiver scheme.
Sandeep, a first year undergraduate student, had sought Irani’s help on the fee waiver issue yesterday during an event at Khalsa College, following which she had promised him that she would visit the campus to look into the matter.
After Irani’s unscheduled visit this morning, the college announced that the fee waiver will be facilitated for persons with disabilities and the cheques will be issued immediately.
Students with disabilities at Hindu College will now get full fee waiver on hostel fees as well as a 50 per cent waiver on mess dues, said officiating principal Anju Srivastava, who met the Minister along with hostel warden Poonam Sethi.
During her 20-minute visit, Irani met Sandeep as well as a group of college teachers who have been staging a protest for the last 42 days after they were penalised by the college for writing a letter to Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, complaining about alleged irregularities.
The Delhi University Teachers’ Association also submitted a representation to Irani while she was at Hindu College about the alleged irregularities in the functioning of the institution.
It sought the Minister’s help in connection with the issue of delay in payment of teachers’ pensions. They also took up the matter of implementation of the Choice Based Credit System.
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