tuition fee waiver scheme

The Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to implement the tuition fee waiver scheme for women, economically backward and physically-challenged meritorious students in technical institutions, proposed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).Under the scheme, for every 60 sanctioned strength in a discipline of study, tuition fee waiver would be given to two woman candidates, three economically weaker students (annual income of parents less than Rs. 2.5 lakhs) and one physically-challenged student based on merit.In the event of non-availability of students in a specific category as above, the benefit would be given to any other candidate of other categories according to merit.The institution in turn would be allowed to admit 10 per cent of its sanctioned intake or the number of actual tuition fee waiver granted by the institution, whichever is lower, as an additional intake in the same discipline. The scheme is open for bachelors programmes in engineering, pharmacy, hotel management & catering technology, architecture and applied arts and crafts.