Colleges may toe LU insurance line

AFTER LUCKNOW University, students of degree colleges may also enjoy the same benefit of insurance cover. The varsity would encourage its affiliated degree colleges to set up student accident welfare relief fund on the lines of LU to help the students. Colleges too may charge Rs 50 from each student and provide insurance cover to students.

AFTER LUCKNOW University, students of degree colleges may also enjoy the same benefit of insurance cover.

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The varsity would encourage its affiliated degree colleges to set up student accident welfare relief fund on the lines of LU to help the students. Colleges too may charge Rs 50 from each student and provide insurance cover to students.

Since the number of students in the degree colleges is far less than at LU, the college administration is apprehensive they would not be able to generate such a huge amount. Hence, it’s possibile that colleges may decide on paying Rs 50,000 in case of accidental death and a grant of upto Rs 10,000 in case of serious injury.

Pro V-C RS Yadav said: “We are encouraging college administration to start welfare scheme on these lines and decide the modalities of their own. Since it is a good scheme we want more and more students to be covered. We would take up the matter in the college principals’ meeting and try to convince them to provide insurance cover to students of their respective colleges as well.”