Maharashtra`s public universities have agreed to provide free education to students from transgender community as suggested by the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-opposition-should-think-before-opening-its-mouth-says-cm-eknath-shinde-23323629" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">state government</a>, a statement said.
Accordingly, such students will get free education in these varsities and allied colleges.
In an interaction with vice-chancellors of the state universities on Tuesday, Higher and Technical Education Minister <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/uddhav-thackeray-should-use-words-carefully-chandrakant-patil-23279273" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chandrakant Patil</a> asked the varsities to bear the entire fees of transgender students from their funds.
"All vice-chancellors unanimously accepted the appeal made by the minister (to provide free education to the students of the transgender community," a statement said.
The meeting attended by senior officials of the Higher and Technical Education Department also reviewed the progress under the New Education Policy (NEP).
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