Bhubaneswar: The State government Friday waived off hostel fees of polytechnic and engineering students across Odisha for the period of April 2020 to December 2020.
As the hostels in the government-run polytechnic and engineering institutes remained closed during this period owing to imposition of lockdowns following the COVID-19 outbreak, the State government took a decision to waive off hostel fees, an official said.
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The decision would benefit over 17,000 polytechnic and engineering students in the state. However, the State government will lose around Rs 5.10 crore for waiver of hostel fees, Skill Development and Technical Education department sources expressed.
It is pertinent to mention here that the State government had earlier waived the hostel fees of ITI students. Students were waived from paying the hostel fees of Rs 125 per month for the last nine months till December 2020, which adds up to a total of Rs 1,125.
