The University of Madras has reduced the exam fees for UG and PG courses at its syndicate meeting on Thursday. The decision follows objections from some of the members that the students would not be able to pay the increased fee.
The university had earlier hiked the exam fee for UG theory papers from ₹65 to ₹100 per paper. It has now been cut to ₹85. Similarly, for practicals, the fee has been cut to ₹125.
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Guideship withdrawn
The Syndicate also withdrew the guideship granted to T. Santhanam, associate professor of DG Vaishnav College, whose qualification it had refused to approve as his thesis had been plagiarised.
“He cannot guide any student till retirement. The existing Ph.D candidates under his supervision will be transferred. The subject expert has given a report that over 90% of the thesis was plagiarised,” said Vice Chancellor P. Duraisamy.
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The four students of the Department of Journalism, who had staged a protest against the valuation of their papers, were found to have passed only in one or two papers by the external evaluators. They would have to reappear for the papers in which they have failed, the VC said.
Also, the Syndicate had decided to replace the principal of the Tiruvottiyur arts and science college as he did not have the requisite experience of 10 years at the time of appointment.
Mr. Duraisamy said the syndicate had delegated him the power to appoint a principal in the next fortnight. The syndicate had planned to introduce an option by which students could choose alternative core courses under the existing CBCS programme.
A grievance redress mechanism will also be established to address the students grievances.