Twitter up in arms after LUMS introduces fee hike during COVID-19 crisis
Students and members of the LUMS faculty took to social media on Tuesday to register their strong protest against the university increasing its fee as the coronavirus pandemic continues to have disastrous effects on businesses and the overall economic situation of the country.
Taking to Twitter, netizens voiced their strong anger and disapproval over what some of them claimed was a 40% hike in fee. However, the backlash on social media caused LUMS to took to Twitter and stated that the fee hike “is entirely consistent with prior years and took into account extraordinary increases in inflation, energy costs and currency evaluation”.
— LUMS (@LifeAtLUMS) May 5, 2020
The university said that the fee increase determined for 2020 was 13pc “which we will monitor in determining the next fee card”.
Here are some reactions to the tweet:
Guys I translated this message and found out what they really meant to say!#LUMSFeeHike https://t.co/nVs1zRweXS pic.twitter.com/q7xaf7Xzbc
— Emil (@mademecrazier) May 5, 2020
only way they can top this apology now is if they drop a video of b*bar al* crying in front of a huge chandeleir #LUMSFeeHike
— wafa (@baewafa2) May 5, 2020
let’s cut the BS for a second: the only reason LUMS thinks it can do this is because we don’t have student unions. any uni could be next. every powerful actor in this country has a stake in depriving students of political power and leverage. #LUMSFeeHike #RestoreStudentUnions
— commie bf (@BeghairatAurat) May 5, 2020
monisha beta "ignorable difference" bolo, this "loot maar" is so middle class #LUMSFeeHike
— smn244 (@smn2444) May 5, 2020
Students at LUMS reject the revised fee policy by Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Here is a collective statement from the student body. You can read detailed reply in our other thread#LumsFeeHike #LumsFeeStrike pic.twitter.com/6vgtTccPpd
— LUMS Students Against Fee Hike (@lumsfeestrike) May 5, 2020
Enough with the infantilization. Enough with pretending to know what's best for us. Enough with the benevolent patriarch carricature.
What will help with my 'learning' is the reversal of this decision followed by an apology. #LUMSFeeHike https://t.co/TyVjf5nvbg
— Kumail Haider Jafri (@bak_mat_zyaada) May 5, 2020
what kind of monkey-run organization is this? u are only discouraging *financially distraught* students from taking more credit hours. students who can afford to will continue to do so. are u guys ok??
— bear on a jetski (@clowneryh8club) May 5, 2020
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