Bengaluru North University (BNU) has decided to reserve seats in all its 26 Postgraduate programs for students who have lost their breadwinner of the family due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bengaluru North University decided to add a COVID-19 quota to support students who are struggling because of the pandemic. The admission quota is expected to be included in BNU Admission from the next academic year.
In accordance with the BNU COVID quota, seat reservation will be open for university undergraduate students. Additionally, if there are no students from BNU affiliated colleges for the course, the university will accept applications from other universities, as well.
Bengaluru North University will conduct a syndicated meeting, during which ways to help students affected by COVID-19 will be discussed. The board will discuss options like fee concession, and scholarship opportunities for such students.
Referring to the COVID quota initiative, BNU vice-chancellor, TD Kemparaju said, “We have been discussing ways to help such students. We happened to hear about mutts that are willing to educate children, who have lost their parents. Since we are at the higher education level, we thought we could extend help in the PG programs".
He further added that students who have been affected by the surge of the coronavirus pandemic may not have enough marks to join the general merit list, and might be facing many financial problems. BNU will do whatever it can to support those who are in need.
At present, the university does not have a record of how many students and their families have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. However, steps towards the same are expected to be taken soon.
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