1 year ago
DU Law Students Protest High Re-evaluation Fees
Imagine you took a law exam, and you think the teacher made a mistake grading your paper.
Now, the university lets you have your paper re-checked, but it costs a lot of money.
The law school charges students almost a third of their yearly tuition just to have one paper looked at again.
Students are upset because they think it is too expensive and makes it harder for them to fix grading mistakes.
Some students are protesting the high cost.
Delhi University's Faculty of Law introduces re-evaluation for LLB students, but the fee is set at Rs 2,000 per paper.
The re-evaluation fee is nearly one-third of the annual tuition fee of Rs 6,000 and double the amount charged in other disciplines.
The fee structure was approved in a recent meeting by the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs, with 10 members dissenting.
DUSU vice-president Bhanu Pratap Singh calls the fee 'exploitative' and demands an immediate rollback.
Complaints of alleged errors in paper checking have been frequent, with students relying on re-evaluation.
- Who
- LLB students at Delhi University's Faculty of Law, the Dean of the Faculty of Law, DUSU vice-president Bhanu Pratap Singh
- What
- Delhi University's Faculty of Law introduced a re-evaluation facility for LLB students but set the fee at Rs 2,000 per paper.
- Where
- Delhi University's Faculty of Law
- When
- The decision was recently made and approved.
- Why
- Students are protesting the high cost of re-evaluation, which they believe is unaffordable and discourages them from exercising their right to have papers checked satisfactorily.
Students
University
Fee Affordability
Students
Students are concerned the fee is too high and will prevent them from getting their papers re-evaluated.
University
The university approved the fee.
Fee Justification
Students
DUSU vice-president calls the fee 'exploitative' and demands a rollback.
University
The fee was set by the university.
Key facts
- Re-evaluation Fee
- Rs 2,000 per paper
- Annual Tuition Fee
- Rs 6,000
- Re-evaluation Fee (Other Programs)
- Rs 1,000 per paper
- Rechecking/Re-totalling Fee
- Rs 750
- Dissenting Members
- 10
