Archive · 6 Aug 2025
SPPU Students Demand Restoration of UPSC/MPSC Special Batch
Students at Savitribai Phule Pune University are upset.
They want the university to bring back a special program that helps students prepare for big government exams.
This program had a certain number of seats and offered some seats to students from specific groups.
The university stopped this program and started new ones with fewer seats and higher fees, especially for students from the reserved categories.
Students are worried about these changes and are protesting because they feel it is unfair.
They want the university to bring back the original program, and they are threatening to protest if they don't.
Students demand immediate reinstatement of UGC-recognised UPSC and MPSC Special Batch at SPPU.
The special batch was discontinued for the past two years, with 52 seats each for UPSC and MPSC.
New add-on batches offer 40 seats each for UPSC and MPSC, but charge higher fees, especially for reserved categories.
Students express concern over reduced SC/ST reservation quotas and high fees in the new batches.
Student groups threaten agitation if the UGC-approved special batch is not reinstated.
- Who
- Students from the Competitive Examination Centre (CEC) of SPPU, along with NSUI, DAPSA, and the Maharashtra Republican Party Students’ Front.
- What
- Students are demanding the reinstatement of the UGC-recognised UPSC and MPSC Special Batch.
- When
- The demand was made on Wednesday.
- Where
- At Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).
- Why
- Students believe the new add-on batches with higher fees and reduced reservation quotas disadvantage them.
Student's Perspective
University's Perspective
Batch Reinstatement
Student's Perspective
Students demand the immediate reinstatement of the UGC-recognised UPSC and MPSC Special Batch.
University's Perspective
University has not responded to the demands yet.
Fees and Discrimination
Student's Perspective
Students are against the high fees being charged in add-on batches. The bias against SC-ST students is unacceptable.
University's Perspective
No opposing view found in article
- University
- Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
- Demand
- Reinstatement of UPSC & MPSC Special Batch
- Seats (Earlier)
- 52 each for UPSC & MPSC
- SC Reservation (Earlier)
- 20 seats per batch
- ST Reservation (Earlier)
- 10 seats per batch
- Seats (Add-on)
- 40 each for UPSC & MPSC
- Fees (Open Category)
- ₹30,000
- Fees (Reserved Category)
- ₹7,500