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.
अà¤à¥€ हाल ही में CBSE ने 10वीं व 12वीं के लिये परीकà¥à¤·à¤¾ शà¥à¤²à¥à¤• में जो 24 à¤-à¥à¤¨à¤¾ तक बढ़ोतरी की है, जिसके तहतॠअब à¤à¤¸.सी.-à¤à¤¸.टी. छातà¥à¤°à¥‹à¤‚ को 50 रà¥à¤ªà¤¯à¥‡ के बजाय 1200 रà¥à¤ªà¤¯à¥‡ देने होंà¤-े।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 13, 2019
"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.
इसी ही पà¥à¤°à¤•à¤¾à¤° सामानà¥à¤¯ वरà¥à¤- के छातà¥à¤°à¥‹à¤‚ के शà¥à¤²à¥à¤• में à¤à¥€ दोà¤-à¥à¤¨à¥€ वृदà¥à¤§à¤¿ की à¤-ई है। यह अति दà¥à¤°à¥à¤à¤¾à¤-à¥à¤¯à¤ªà¥‚रà¥à¤£, जातिवादी व à¤-रीब विरोधी फैसला है। CBSE इसे तà¥à¤°à¤¨à¥à¤¤ वापिस ले। बी.à¤à¤¸.पी. की यह माà¤à¤- है।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 13, 2019
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.
