Tamil Nadu: Agents ‘offer’ BCom seats, quote up to Rs 5 lakh
TNN | Jul 22, 2020, 04.53 AM IST
CHENNAI: In the current Covid-triggered uncertainty, with educational campuses off limits to students and parents, a network of middlemen is targeting those desperate for admission in top arts and science colleges. Promising seats in any college, these ‘agents’ demand anything from Rs 80,000 to Rs 5 lakh for a BCom seat, the most sought after, with an advance of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 for the ‘booking’.
Following reports of a message about such a group doing the rounds on WhatsApp, TOI called the number mentioned. The man who answered said he was working for a consultancy and wanted details of the caller’s Class XII marks. “Due to the heavy competition, managements have increased donations this year. For a BCom seat in Loyola College, you may have to spend up to Rs5 lakh and those like Madras Christian College (MCC) and DG Vaishnav College, it may touch Rs 3.5 lakh. The higher the marks are, the lower the donation will be,” he said. A seat at Ethiraj College for Women, he said, would cost Rs2 lakh.
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