 "Mayawati urges CBSE to overturn decision to hike exam fee for SC/ST students, terms step as ‘very unfortunate, casteist and anti-poor’")
New Delhi: Calling the Central Board of Secondary Education’s move to increase examination fee for board examinations “anti-poor”, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the decision should be reversed immediately. “Recently, CBSE has increased the examination fee for 10th and 12th by 24 times, under which now SC-ST students will have to pay Rs 1,200 instead of Rs 50”, she tweeted. “Similarly, the fee of general category students has also been doubled. This is a very unfortunate, casteist and anti-poor decision. CBSE should take it back immediately. This is the demand of BSP”, she said in another tweet. The CBSE had recently doubled the fee of Class X and XII Board examinations from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500. According to the education board, SC/ST students in Delhi will now have to pay Rs 1,200 instead of Rs 50 earlier.
Calling the Central Board of Secondary Education’s move to increase examination fee for board examinations “anti-poor”, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the decision should be reversed immediately.
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