Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Feb 22: With the aim of increasing the enrolment of girl students in higher education, Vice Chancellor Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Prof Akbar Masood has announced a 50 percent waiver of tuition fee for top two rank holder girl students based on the admission merit list in all Postgraduate programmes offered by the University from forthcoming academic session.
The decision was taken in a high-level meeting chaired by the Vice Chancellor. Speaking in the occasion, Prof Akbar said that promotion of women’s education has been one of the cornerstones of our educational policy. He said that this initiative will spur our young women to strive towards higher levels of excellence and make themselves and the country proud.
Prof Akbar termed this as a historic decision taken by BGSBU towards the national aspiration of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao mission of the Government of India.