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UGC Fee Hikes

For instance, if you never had to withdraw admission from your favourite college because you could not afford to pay the fees for the course you enrolled in. Drenched in tears, if you never went back home and remained numb for years to come. You will hardly understand why Punjab University students were agitating against the insane fee hike. You will n ever understand why Sumit from JNU cried after getting know that he no longer can take admission into Ph.D. because of UGC's absurd rules. Yesterday while scrolling through comments and posts on education, I was shocked how these privileged who have attended expensive private schools, went to the best colleges and the universities and had the backing of the rich parents are supporting government's move. Maybe because for them it was just a privilege which they never acknowledged. Over the years I have seen people agitating over various divine things and rights but never for basics. I don't know, whether to get angry or to la