SRINAGAR, Jan 16: Vice Chancellor Professor A. Ravinder Nath announced on Tuesday that the Central University of Kashmir has improved the number of students admitted by implementing a number of initiatives, including waiving tuition for deserving and poor applicants. According to Nath’s statement to reporters here, “We will be providing 100% tuition fee waiver to 10% of students based on merit and financial need of the students in the post-graduate courses, another 10% of students will get 50% waiver, and another 10% will get 25% waiver.” The vice chancellor declared that the curriculum has been created in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and that the institution will enter into Memorandums of Understanding with businesses around the nation to allow students to participate in internship programmes. According to Nath, the university will implement a credit-based system that will allow students to transfer credits to other partner institutions in order to broaden their educational experience abroad. He said, “We have an agreement with a Malaysian university and are in the process of signing agreements with other universities across multiple nations.” The vice chancellor announced that the university will invest Rs 494 crore in infrastructural expansion.
