Urdu, Arabi-Farsi Univ proposes to cut its fees

LUCKNOW: To attract more students, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University, Lucknow, has proposed the state government to cut down on fees of some of its regular courses including MBA.

Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof Mahrukh Mirza said, “It is unfair to charge higher fees from students for a course when it is available at a much lesser amount at other state universities. We cannot do such injustice with our students.”

He was of the view that if the state government allowed the university to cut down on its fees, it will be able to attract more students.

“This year, 851 students have already taken admission to various courses. Another 200 candidates are expected to take admission in days to come. This is almost double the figure what it was last year,” said the V-C.

He said the special initiatives were taken by the university to promote admissions under various courses. In this endeavour, the university teachers approached various inter colleges and made the students and teachers aware about the university programs. The V-C told that he himself visited around eight to ten intermediate educational institutions in the state capital for the same.

As a result, the university admissions, which usually stood between 400–500 students, have gone up to 850 this year. He also informed the media persons that a committee constituted by the UGC will visit the university on August 16 and 17 for considering the varsity’s registration under 12-B. After registration under 12-B, the university faculty will be able to furnish academic proposals to the UGC and other grant sanctioning authorities.

PHD PROGRAMME SOON

The VC said that if everything went well, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University would soon initiate PhD programs in its various departments which had regular faculty. He also informed that the university ordinance, which includes PhD ordinance, had already been sent to the government for approval and would be received shortly.

Explaining the future plans of the varsity, Prof Mirza said that it would soon start courses in foreign languages and also establish computer labs in each department. At present, the university has 28 permanent teachers while the total sanctioned posts area 74. It has recruited 55 guests faculty to ensure quality teaching on the campus, he said.

The V-C said that in a meeting held with mayor, Sanyukta Bhatia on July 18, he drew her attention to three major points.

“I informed her that there is no primary health centre (PHC) around the university due to which it becomes difficult for the students, teachers, administrative staff and people residing nearby to receive medical aid during emergency. I requested her to take initiatives for a PHC on the campus,” he said.