In a decision that might affect thousands of students, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) would not wave off hostel expenses of SC students from outside Maharashtra from the academic year 2018-19. As per the institute’s recent admission notification, SC students who would be admitted to the institute would have to bear their hostel and dining expenses as the institute would no longer continue to bear the same. “the institute has asked students to pay money first even as they might be awaiting their scholarships from the government. “The institute has a deficit of over 20 crores as the government is yet to reimburse the scholarship amount of students. “There seems to be a systematic attempt to stop students from the marginalised backgrounds to take higher institutions in premiere institutes like TISS.

Source: dna November 24, 2017 05:20 UTC