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Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad said connected Saturday (November 1, 2025) that the hike successful people fees astatine Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) successful Thrissur, which had triggered pupil protests, volition beryllium reconsidered.
He held a gathering with KAU authorities aft pupil organisations carried retired wide protests against the revised people fees.
Speaking to reporters, the Minister said the authorities has directed the assemblage to guarantee that the interest revision does not go a load for students. “The people interest operation volition beryllium reconsidered. The authorities authorities has fixed wide directions to KAU that immoderate interest hike should not impact students adversely,” helium said.
As the last determination has to beryllium taken by the university’s enforcement committee, a gathering of the sheet has been convened. “A large simplification successful fees volition happen. The connection volition beryllium considered by the enforcement committee, and an announcement volition beryllium made soon,” helium said.
“No pupil volition beryllium affected owed to fiscal issues,” helium said, adding that erstwhile the authorities releases funds to the university, the fees would beryllium reduced further.
The assemblage volition besides see providing scholarships to enactment students’ world activities, helium said.
Thamarassery autochthonal Arjun had precocious discontinued his course, citing that helium could not spend to proceed his studies pursuing the interest hike.
“Directions person besides been fixed to bring the pupil backmost to the university. The determination has been taken to readmit him erstwhile helium returns,” Mr. Prasad added.
Students alleged that the yearly people interest for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes astatine the assemblage had been accrued from ₹24,000 to ₹72,000.
University authorities attributed the hike to a terrible fiscal situation but said that the revision volition beryllium reviewed successful the upcoming enforcement meeting.
