During a meeting with vice-chancellors of state universities on Tuesday, Minister of Higher and Technical Education Chandrakant Patil urged the universities to cover the complete fees of transgender students using their own funds.
“A unanimous consensus among all vice-chancellors was reached in response to the minister’s appeal to offer tuition-free education to transgender students,” stated the announcement.
The session, attended by senior officials from the Higher and Technical Education Department, also assessed the advancements made under the New Education Policy (NEP).