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| Monday, June 02, 2008
Work and learn
Bharathiar University Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam has announced
that undergraduate and post-graduate students of the university
and its affiliated colleges will be allowed to work part-time
within the campus. This, he believes, will develop in the youth
the urge to earn while they learn.
“Students can work for 25 to 30 hours a month starting
from July. There is no restriction on the number of hours and
the jobs can be taken up as per their convenience. The payment
for an hour will be Rs. 25 which will enable them to earn up
to Rs. 750 a month,” says the Vice-Chancellor.
The university will employ approximately 1,250 students in the
university and its 145 affiliated colleges. Academic performance
and economic strata of the students will be considered before
giving them preference. Students can choose from the following:
research associate, technician, library associate, website and
database developer, administrative assistant, counsellor, physical
education trainer, hostel housekeeper, gardener and driver.
Mr. Thiruvasagam says the programme, which has already been
implemented in the university, will make the students feel responsible,
understand work culture and also help reduce financial burden
on parents. Chinese students who are pursuing their studies
at the university have also expressed their desire to work part-time.
He has also allotted an additional 10 per cent seats in all
courses for colleges in rural and hilly areas. This is aimed
at helping students who reside in remote areas and are required
to travel long distance to the city to study in a college. The
additional expenditure in terms of travel or hostel charges
can be avoided.
The university has instructed its affiliated colleges to offer
10 free seats for deserving students. Except the examination
fee, the candidates need not pay a single rupee. Candidates
should be, either orphans, widows, wards of widows, individuals
from families having income less than Rs. 2,000 a month, or
from poor agricultural families.
These measures, along with the scholarships, can be expected
to reduce the financial burden slightly. Engineering, medical,
and arts and science colleges alike have scholarships that are
extended to the socio-economically backward. Besides those based
on community, there are those ones based on sports, some instituted
by philanthropists, by college alumni, some memorial scholarships,
a few instituted for those with disabilities, etc.
A sum of Rs. 112 crore has been allocated in this State Budget
for school and college scholarships for students belonging to
Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Denotified Communities,
and Adi Dravidar and Tribal Communities.There are a few scholarships
that are based purely on merit. There are few for first generation
literates and graduates. There is also one for the single girl
child who pursues a post-graduate course.
Getting to know such details before paying up this year’s
course fee in college will definitely find many students ending
up saving a few thousands. A part-time job added to this saving
will definitely help smoothen out that dent in the monthly budget.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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