ABVP to launch nation-wide campaign for roll-back of fee hikes during Covid-19, waiver for EWS students

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Thursday organised a press conference regarding various education sector issues. Information relating to the resolutions passed at ABVP’s 66th National Conference was shared during the press meet. ABVP office bearers briefed the media persons on the steady and continuing annual fee-hikes in Delhi-based varsities, leading to widespread denial of access to higher education for students in the national capital. In the coming months, ABVP will initiate a campaign against the unchecked fee-hikes in the Delhi-based higher educational institutes.

Addressing the press conference, ABVP National General Secretary Nidhi Tripathi remarked that the 66th National Convention of ABVP had been unprecedented for various reasons including the absolute number of attendees, comprising of teachers and students, via both, physical and virtual means from 2907 event screening centres, collectively representing over one lakh villages, towns and metro cities, in the two-day annual event.

At its 66th National Convention, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad passed four resolutions on issues related to education and youth empowerment including the early implementation of the National Education Policy 2020, self-reliance being the key to unlock India’s prosperity, the contemporary national scenario as well as India’s unique approach and way of life to deal with the pandemic induced challenges. Resolutions on issues ranging from education and economy to Indian culture and national security were widely deliberated and subsequently passed at the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s 66th National Convention.

ABVP has decided to commence a comprehensive and nationwide movement on crucial education sector issues including the rollback of fee-hikes introduced in the educational institutions during the pandemic and fee-waivers for students belonging to the weaker sections of the society, elimination of irregularities in the provision of scholarships and research funds as well as increasing the quanta of scholarship amounts and ensuring timely disbursal, reopening of educational institutions in a phased manner and ensuring the safe return of students on campuses while observing the essential public health guidelines.

Nidhi Tripathi, National General Secretary, ABVP, said, “The four resolutions passed at ABVP’s Nagpur Conference were the result of wide-ranging consultations with the student community as well as the teaching fraternity. The resolutions reflect the contemporary aspirations of the 21st century youth and will assist us in exploring the possibilities for constructive changes to achieve better outcomes for the nation. We are determined to work towards the issues highlighted therein in an earnest and inclusive manner.”