Plus III Admission Fee Online From This Academic Session: Govt

Bhubaneswar: Students seeking admission to undergraduate programmes in degree colleges in session 2019-20 will have to pay the admission fee online, a circular issued by the Odisha government has said.

The offline option will be done away with. All autonomous and degree colleges, including self-financing ones, have been instructed to provide their stream and subject-wise admission fee information on their respective e-spaces, a circular issued by the Higher Education department to all college principles has said.

“Degree common application form fee and admission fee will be collected online from the academic session 2019-20. No offline option will be available. The collected amount will be deposited in a separate bank account…,” it said.

Application fee amount reduced to promote digital payment:

• General category: Rs 300 to Rs 275
• SC&ST category: Rs 200 to Rs 175

The circular was issued on May 13, ten days after cyclone Fani hit the state. It remains to be seen whether the student community, especially in coastal areas, can have easy online access as the telecom infrastructure still lies in tatters.

Admission for the undergraduate programme is slated to start after the announcement of the Plus II results, likely in the first week of June.

If any college fails to update their stream-subject wise admission fee details, the name of such college will not be shown in the online common application form.

The circular to the college principal has said that from the coming academic session uniqueness of the admission seeker’s mobile number and e-mail ID will be maintained in the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) database, where each student has to register.