In-person classes in colleges and universities in the state are unlikely to be held in the upcoming semester, to start in April, because of a fresh rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, an official in the education department said.
The spike in cases has also prompted the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, to defer implementing its decision to recall final-year BTech students to the campus.
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, an autonomous college under Calcutta University, has issued a notice announcing that it will conduct mid-semester, tutorial examinations and internal assessment in the online mode in the upcoming semester.
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira charges reduced fees Financial woes prompt RKM college to offer partial waiver
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Belur has been charging reduced hostel and college fees since November because of the financial constraints students are facing amid the pandemic.
The extent of reduction varies from 30 to 40 per cent on an average for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The partial waiver is likely to continue till in-person classes resume.
A comparison with the fee structure in effect till October reveals that the monthly college fee for the third-year English (honours) students has been reduced from Rs 700 to Rs 500. The fee for the second-year students has been brought down from Rs 900 to Rs 600.