The All India Jammu and Kashmir Students Association has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging him to take action for immediately rolling back the hike in annual fees at Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, saying it would deprive thousands of students from underprivileged families from securing higher education.
In a statement on Tuesday, (August 12, 2025) the national convenor of the Association Nasir Khehami said, “The students have been courageously opposing what they see as an arbitrary, unjustified and exclusionary fee hike of up to 36-42 per cent imposed by the university administration.” “For this session, the fee for some courses has increased by around 30-40 per cent. For example, the B.Lib course fee was ₹16,000 last year and has been raised to over ₹22,000,” Mr. Khehami said.
